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Resettlement Plan

August 2012

IND: Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project

Simga– Kurud Road Section Subproject

Prepared by Public Works Department, Government of Chhattisgarh for the Asian Development

Bank.

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CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 14 August 2012)

Currency unit – Indian rupee (Rs) Rs1.00 = $0.0179969405

$1.00 = Rs 55.565000

ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank AE – Assistant Engineer ARO – Assistant Resettlement Officer BPL – below poverty line BSR – Basic Schedule of Rates CGPWD – Chhattisgarh Public Works Department CPR – common property resources CSC – construction supervision consultant dc – district collector DP – displaced person DPR – detailed project report EA – executing agency EE – executive engineer FGD – focus group discussion GOI – Government of India GRC – Grievance Redress Committee IA – implementing agency IP – indigenous peoples IR – involuntary resettlement LAA – Land Acquisition Act LAP – land acquisition plan NGO – nongovernment organization NRRP – National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy OBC – other backward castes PD – Project Director PIU – project implementation unit R&R – resettlement and rehabilitation RF – resettlement framework RO – resettlement officer ROW – right-of-way RP – resettlement plan SC – scheduled caste SPS – ADB Safeguard Policy Statement, 2009 ST – scheduled tribe TOR – Terms of Reference VLC – Village Level Committee

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES km – kilometer

m – meter

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NOTE

In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary vii I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1

A. Introduction 1

B. Subproject Road 2

C. General Profile of the Subproject Area 3

D. Subproject Component 4

E. Subproject Impacts and Benefits 1

F. Minimizing Resettlement 2

G. Scope and Objective of Resettlement Plan (RP) 4

H. Methodology For Social Impact Assessment 4

II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 6

A. Introduction 6

B. Resettlement Impacts 6

C. Loss of Structure in the Subproject 6

D. Loss of Private Structure in the Subproject 6

E. Scale of Impact on Structure 7

F. Type of Construction of Affected Structure 7

G. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject 8

H. Nature of Physical Displacement 8

I. Nature of Economical Displacement 8

J. Nature of CPR Loss 8

III. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 9

A. General Socioeconomic Profile of Project Area 9

B. Social Categories of the DPs 9

C. Number of DPs 10

D. Vulnerable Households being displaced in the Subproject 10

E. Annual Income Level of the Displaced Households 10

F. Educational Status of DPs 11

G. Occupational Status of DPs 11

H. Impact on Indigenous People and mitigation Measures 12

I. Gender Impact and Mitigation Measures 13

IV. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 15

A. Stakeholders in the Project 15

B. Public Consultation in the Project 15

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C. Methods of Public Consultation 15

D. Scope of Consultation and Issues 15

E. Findings of Focused Group Discussions 16

F. Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders 17

G. Plan for further Consultation in the Project 17

H. Information Disclosure 19

V. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 20

A. Introduction 20

B. Land Acquisition Act 1894 20

C. National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 (NRRP-2007) 21

D. Legal and Policy Frameworks of Chhattisgarh State 23

E. Safeguard Policy Statement of Asian Development Bank 24

F. Comparison Between National and State Policies and ADB‟s SPS 25

G. R&R Policy Framework for the Project 28

H. Valuation of Assets 30

I. Procedure for Land Acquisition under the Project 31

VI. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS 32

A. Introduction 32

B. Cut-off-Date for Entitlement 32

C. Project Entitlement 32

D. Entitlement Matrix 33

VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS 36

A. Basic Provision for Relocation 36

B. Need for Relocation 36

C. Relocation Option by DPs 36

D. Compensation Option by DPs 37

E. Relocation Strategy 37

VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION 39

A. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject 39

B. Provisions for Loss of Livelihood 39

C. Income Restoration Measures 39

D. Additional Support from Ongoing Poverty Reduction Programs 40

IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN 41

A. Introduction 41

B. Compensation 41

C. Assistance 41

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D. Compensation for Community and Government Property 42

E. RP Implementation and Support Cost 42

F. Source of Funding and Fund Flow Management 42

G. R&R Budget 42

X. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 44

A. Introduction 44

B. Grievance Redress Mechanism 44

C. Constitution and Function of the GRC 44

D. Operational Mechanisms of GRC 45

XI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 46

A. Institutional Requirement 46

B. Executing Agency 46

C. Resettlement Management at ADB-PIU 46

D. Resettlement Management at ADB-PIU Field Office 47

E. Nongovernment Organization (NGO) 47

F. Capacity Building on RP in the EA 49

XII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE 50

A. Introduction 50

B. Schedule for Project Implementation 50

C. Project Preparation Phase 50

D. RP Implementation Phase 50

E. Monitoring and Reporting Period 50

F. R&R Implementation Schedule 51

XIII. MONITORING AND REPORTING 52

A. Need for Monitoring and Reporting 52

B. Monitoring in the Project 52

C. Monitoring by PIU 52

D. External Monitoring 52

E. Stages of Monitoring 53

F. Preparatory Stage 53

G. Relocation Stage 54

H. Rehabilitation Stage 54

I. Monitoring Indicators 54

J. Reporting Requirements 55

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List of Appendixes: 1. Census Survey Questionnaire 56 2. List of Displaced Persons 61 3. List of Affected CPR 67 4. Public Consultation in Nandghat-Gidhoury Road 69 5. Terms of Reference for NGO to Implement Resettlement Plan Nandghat-Gidhoury

Subproject under CSRSP 73 6. Terms of Reference for an External Monitoring Agency/Expert 83

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION 1. The ADB funded Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project entails the rehabilitation and improvement of the existing state roads of Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh Public Works Department (CGPWD), Government of Chhattisgarh will be the Executing Agency (EA) for the project. The Project will rehabilitate and strengthen some selected existing State Highways roads to provide a dependable road transport network throughout the state.

2. This Resettlement Plan (RP) for Simga – Kurud subproject is prepared based on the detailed design report. The RP complies with the applicable State Government, Government of India and ADB policy and legal framework. This RP is considered as Category-A as far as Involuntary Resettlement (IR) is concerned. The total length of the project section is 121.74 km. However, the actual construction length of the project road is 109.985 km (excluding the Out of Scope sections).

The Project area consists of two districts of Chattishgarh namely Raipur and Dhamtari. The proposed subproject can be viewed as boosting economic growth and poverty reduction which will bring substantial social and economic development in the region. The social benefits arising due to the subproject will be triggered off due to improved accessibility to various services such as easy access to markets, health facilities, schools, workplace etc which in turn increases the income of the locals, and ultimately elevating their standard of living. Adequate attention has been given during the feasibility and detailed project design phases of the project preparation to minimize the adverse impacts on land acquisition and resettlement impacts.

B. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT 3. No land acquisition will be involved in the project because the available ROW is sufficient to accommodate the proposed widening/ two-laning of the road. The resettlement impact for this subproject is limited to the structures belong to non-titleholders (encroachers and squatters) living or earning their livelihoods within the existing ROW. In addition, there are some common properties resources (CPR) including religious structures and some government structures used for common purpose constructed within the existing ROW will be affected by the proposed road widening. A project census survey was carried out to identify the persons who would be displaced by the project and the summary findings are presented in the following Table E-1.

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Table E-1. Summary Subproject Impacts

Sl. No. Impacts Number

Total number of structures affected (Private+Religious+Govt.)

1 Total number of private structures affected 159 2 Total number of displaced households 155

Total number of Physically Displaced Households 5

Total number of Economically Displaced Households 150

3 Total number of vulnerable households displaced 116 4 Total number of displaced persons (DPs) 761

Total number of physically displaced persons 22

Total number of economically displaced persons 739

5 Total number of CPRs (common property structures) affected 44

C. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE 4. Some of the socio-economic information of DPs was collected through the census survey and its findings are presented in the following sections. The social stratification of the subproject area shows that the dominance of other backward caste (OBC) population with 96(61.94%) households. There are 761 displaced persons in total being affected by the subproject which includes 416 (54.66%) males and 345 (45.34%) females. The average household size is 5 and the sex ratio among DPs is 829. According to subproject census survey there are 116 vulnerable households affected by the subproject. The educational status of DPs reveals that overall scenario is not encouraging one as there are still 30.91% DPs are illiterate and females are lacking far behind the male members. As per census survey out of 761 DPs, only 282 (37.07%) DPs are employed in various commercial activities. The occupational pattern of DPs excluding the non working sections such as children and students and household workers, reveals that 45.04% DPs are having business as their main occupation. 5. Chhattisgarh is among one of the tribal state of India. Some presence of scheduled tribe groups such as Bhunjia, Binjhar, Dhanbar, Kandra, Kondh, Kamar, are noted on the sample subproject districts. The Project state of Chhattisgarh, as per the Census of India 2001, is home to 66,16,596 scheduled tribes population, constituting 31.76 % of total population of the state vis-à-vis the national level statistics of 8.2%. 6. The Project proposal is confined to rehabilitation and upgradation of existing road alignments, the social assessments undertaken have not brought forth any adverse impact on the tribal groups within the area of influence of the Project road. The improved road network is expected to augment access to socioeconomic facilities of tribal groups along with other sections of subproject population. The subproject construction will not have any adverse consequences on the socioeconomic condition and would also not lead to any disruption in their community life or culture of these communities. The scheduled tribe households affected under the project will be treated vulnerable households and special assistance for these groups are made under the entitlement matrix and incorporated in this RP. D. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 7. Numerous consultations were arranged at the stage of project preparation to ensure peoples‟ participation in the planning phase of this project and to treat public consultation and participation as a continuous two way process. Aiming at promotion of public understanding and

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fruitful solutions of developmental problems such as local needs and problem and prospects of resettlement, various sections of APs and other stakeholders were consulted through focus group discussions and individual interviews. Several additional rounds of consultations with APs and communities will form part of the further stages of project preparation and implementation. The implementing NGO will be entrusted with the task of conducting these consultations during RP implementation, which will involve agreements on compensation, assistance options, and entitlement package and income restoration measures suggested for the subproject. 8. To keep more transparency in planning and for further active involvement of APs and other stakeholders the project information will be disseminated through disclosure of resettlement planning documents. The EA will provide relevant resettlement information, including information from the above mentioned documents in a timely manner, in an accessible place and in a form and language(s) understandable to affected persons and other stakeholders. E. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 9. The legal framework and principles adopted for addressing resettlement issues in the Project have been guided by the existing legislation and policies of the GOI, the Government of Chhattisgarh, Safeguard Policy Statement of Asian Development Bank and the Resettlement Framework (RF) adopted for the project. Prior to the preparation of the RP, a detailed analysis of the existing national and state policies was undertaken and a RF has been prepared for the entire program. The section below provides details of the various national and state level legislations studied and their applicability within this framework. This RP is prepared based on the review and analysis of all applicable legal and policy frameworks of the country and ADB policy requirements. 10. All compensation and other assistances1 will be paid to all DPs prior to commencement of civil works. After payment of compensation, DPs would be allowed to take away the materials salvaged from their dismantled houses and shops and no charges will be levied upon them for the same. The value of salvaged materials will not be deducted from the overall compensation amount due to the DPs. A notice to that effect will be issued intimating that DPs can take away the materials. DPs receiving compensation for trees will be allowed to take away timber of their acquired trees for their domestic use. Trees standing on the land owned by the government will be disposed off through open auction by the concerned Forest Department. F. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS

11. For non-titleholders, the cut-off date will be the beginning of the census survey which is 19 July 2012. DPs who settle in the affected areas after the cut-off date will not be eligible for compensation. They, however, will be given sufficient advance notice, requested to vacate premises and dismantle affected structures prior to project implementation. Their dismantled structures materials will not be confiscated and they will not pay any fine or suffer any sanction.

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assets, the full resettlement plan implementation, which may require income rehabilitation measures, might be completed only over a longer period of time after civil works have begun. Displaced people will be provided with certain resettlement entitlements, such as land and asset compensation and transfer allowances, prior to their displacement, dispossession, or restricted access.

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G. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS 12. The EA will provide adequate cash compensation at full replacement cost for lost structures, adequate compensation for partially damaged structures, and relocation assistance, according to the Entitlement Matrix. The EA will compensate to the non-title holders for the loss of assets other than land, such as dwellings, and also for other improvements to the land, at full replacement cost. The entitlements to the non-titleholders will be given only if they occupied the land or structures in the project area prior to the cut-off date. 13. In case of residential loss there are only four households (squatters) needs to be shifted from their current places of residences and in case of commercial loss there are seven households (squatters) needs relocation of their business. Some of these squatters losing residence or business have their own land elsewhere and due to good access facility and business opportunity, either residing or doing business within the project ROW. With the scattered nature of resettlement impacts i.e. 11 structures spread over more than 100 kilometers and two districts, it will be difficult and not feasible to provide resettlement colony with all amenities. During the focused group discussion, while discussing about relocation options people were very much in favour of resettlement within the village to avoid disruption of community life and problem with host community. Therefore cash compensation at market rate as more practical solution in this case is suggested for loss of structures. H. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION The subproject impacts reveals that due to loss commercial structures some of the DPs losing their livelihoods and getting economically displaced. As per the findings of census survey, 95 owners of commercial structures, one owner of residential-cum-commercial structure and four commercial tenants losing their livelihood due to the subproject. The entitlement proposed for the subproject has adequate provisions for restoration of livelihood of the affected communities. The focus of restoration of livelihoods is to ensure that the DPs are able to at least regain their previous living standards. To restore and enhance the economic conditions of the DPs, certain income generation and income restoration programs are incorporated in the RP. To begin with providing employment to the local people during the construction phase will enable them to benefit from the project, reduce the size of intrusive work forces and keep more of the resources spent on the project in the local economy. It will also give the local communities a greater stake and sense of ownership in the project. I. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN 14. The resettlement cost estimate for this subproject includes eligible compensation, resettlement assistance and support cost for RP implementation. The support cost, which includes staffing requirement, monitoring and reporting, involvement of NGO in project implementation and other administrative expenses are part of the overall project cost. The unit cost for land and other assets in this budget has been derived through field survey, consultation with affected families, relevant local authorities and reference from old practices. Contingency provisions have also been made to take into account variations from this estimate. The total R&R budget for the proposed subproject RP works out to Rs. 8.47 million.

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J. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM 15. A Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) will be established at the district level with the primary objective of providing a mechanism to mediate conflict and cut down on lengthy litigation. It will also provide people, who might have objections or concerns about their assistance, a public forum to raise their objections and through conflict resolution, address these issues adequately. The GRC will be headed by the District Collector (DC) or his designated representative. The GRC will have representative from the ADB-PIU field office, representatives of APs, particularly of vulnerable DPs, local government representatives, representative of local NGOs and other interest groups as felt necessary. All Grievance will be routed through the NGO to the GRC. The NGO will act as an in-built grievance redress body. The NGO will first of all register the grievances and take up with VLC for redress and any grievances not redressed at VLC level will be dealt in by the GRC. Grievances will be redressed within two to four weeks from the date of lodging the complaints, depending on severity of problem. The APs, who would not be satisfied with the decision of the GRC, will have the right to take the grievance to the ADB-PIU Head Office for its redress. Failing the redressal of grievance at ADB-PIU, the APs may take the case to Judiciary. Taking grievances to Judiciary will be avoided as far possible and the NGO will make utmost efforts at reconciliation at the level of GRC. K. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT 16. The Executing Agency (EA) for the Project is CGPWD, Government of Chhattisgarh. The existing CGPWD has already established an ADB-Project Implementation Unit (ADB-PIU) headed by a Project Director (PD). The EA, headed by PD will have overall responsibility for implementation of loan and will also be responsible for the overall coordination among ADB, Government of Chhattisgarh and ADB-PIU Field Offices. For resettlement activities, ADB-PIU will do the overall coordination, planning, implementation, and financing. The ADB-PIU will create a Social and Resettlement Unit (SRU) within itself with appointment of a Resettlement Officer (RO) at the rank of Executive Engineer (EE) and required support staff for the duration of the Project to ensure timely and effective planning and implementation of resettlement activities. The RO will be assisted by the respective ADB-PIU Field Offices and NGO for planning and implementation of resettlement activities in the project. ADB-PIU Field Office will be established at district/subproject level for the implementation of sub-project resettlement activities. An experienced and well-qualified NGO in this field will be engaged to assist the ADB-PIU Field Office in the implementation of the RP. L. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE Implementation of RP mainly consists of compensation to be paid for affected structures and rehabilitation and resettlement activities. The time for implementation of resettlement plan will be scheduled as per the overall project implementation. The civil works contract for each subproject will only be awarded after all compensation and relocation has been completed for subproject and rehabilitation measures are in place. The proposed subproject R&R activities are divided in to three broad categories based on the stages of work and process of implementation such as Project Preparation phase, RP Implementation phase and Monitoring and Reporting phase.

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M. MONITORING AND REPORTING 17. RP implementation for the subproject will be closely monitored by the EA through NGO and will be at the helm of all activities related to the RP implementation. Keeping in view the significance of resettlement impacts, the monitoring mechanism for this project will have both monitoring by PIU and monitoring by an external expert. ADB-PIU Field Office responsible for supervision and implementation of the RP will prepare monthly progress reports on resettlement activities and submit to ADB-PIU. ADB-PIU will submit semi-annual reports to ADB. The external monitoring expert responsible for monitoring of the RP implementation will submit a semi-annual review report to ADB-PIU to determine whether resettlement goals have been achieved, more importantly whether livelihoods and living standards have been restored/ enhanced and suggest suitable recommendations for improvement.

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I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION

A. Introduction

1. The ADB funded Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project entails the rehabilitation and improvement of the existing state roads of Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh Public Works Department (CGPWD), Government of Chattishgarh will be the Executing Agency (EA) for the project. The Project will rehabilitate and strengthen some selected existing State Highways roads to provide a dependable road transport network throughout the state. 2. In accordance with ADB‟s procedure for sector lending, 19 subprojects have been selected for the Project. Out of these 19 subprojects two subprojects (Sl. 1 and 2 in the Table-1) have been prepared as sample subprojects and other 17 non-sample subprojects will be prepared during project implementation. The details of the subprojects for both sample and non-sample are provided in the Table 1 below.

Table 1. List of Subprojects

Sl. No. Name of the Road Section Length (in Km.)

Sample Subproject Roads 1 Nandghat – Gidhoury Road 91..23 2 Simga – Kurud Road 109.98

Total Length of Sample Subproject Roads 201.21 Additional Subproject Roads

3 Raipur – Balodabazar Road 72.08 4 Rajnand Gaon Kachhe Road 77.12 5 Raipur – Kodwa Road 48.03 6 Chilphi – Salhewara Road 61.00 7 Chandkhuri – Umariya Road 68.00 8 Dhamdha – Khairagarh Road 39.24 9 Khairagarh – Tumdibod Road 53.31

10 Balod – Dhamtari Road 30.67 11 Anda – Phunda Road 32.72 12 Bodla – Daldali Road 41.00 13 Shibrinarayan – Champa Road 51.80 14 Ratanpur – Lormi Road 84.00 15 Jayaramnagar – Laban Road 52.94

Total Length of Additional Subproject Roads 711.93 Total (sample subproject + additional subproject) Road Length 913.14

3. This Resettlement Plan (RP) for Simga – Kurud subproject is prepared based on the detailed design report. The RP complies with the applicable State Government, Government of India and ADB‟s Safeguard Policy Statement. This RP is considered as Category-A2 as far as Involuntary Resettlement (IR) is concerned.

2 According to ADB Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS-2009), Involuntary Resettlement Category A:

Significant means 200 or more affected people will experience major impacts, which are defined as (i) being physically displaced from housing, or (ii) losing 10% or more of their productive assets (income

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B. Subproject Road

4. Simga to Kurud project road (Figure: 1) starts from Simga Jai Asthamav Chowk, junction of NH-200 with the project road and ends at Kurud on Kurud - Magarload Road. The project road overlaps for about 1.6 km of length with Simga-Balodabazaar road between km 0+000 to km 1+600 km length and approx. 1.45 km with Raipur – Balodabazar section of SH-9.

Figure 1. Subproject Location Map

5. The road runs with increasing chainage from Simga till Kharora, and after the overlapping section with SH-9, the chainage again starts from km 0 and increases till km 30+000 at an intersection with the NH-6 in Arang.From this junction the project road overlaps with NH-6 for about 0.23 km of length from km 68+640 to km 68+670. The chainage from hereon decreases till Nayapara. The kilometre stones from Nayapara to the Dulan junction (5 Kms) are not present and then decreases from this junction till Kurud road. The total length of

generating). Involuntary Resettlement Category B: Not Significant include involuntary resettlement impacts that are not deemed significant as per the ADB Operational manual Involuntary Resettlement Category C: No involuntary resettlement impacts. A resettlement plan is required in case of both category A and B project.

Starting of the Project Road: SIMGA

End of the Project Road: KURUD

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the project section is 121.74 km. However, the actual construction length of the project road is 109.985 km (excluding the Out of Scope sections). The project road overlaps with the following roads:

Simga to Balodabazar road from km 0+000 to km 1+600 length 1.6km.

From Km 13+450 to Km 13+550, length 0.10 km of level crossing approach in Tilda

With SH-9 between km 37+950 and km 39+400, Length 1.45 km.

With NH-6 from km 68+640 to km 68+870, Length 0.23 km.

With a state highway from km 85+260 to km 92+755 Length 7.495 km .

With Municipal Corporation road inside Nawapara town from km 99+190 to km 99+070, length 0.88 km.

6. The formation width of project road is 12.0 m with 7.0 m carriageway width and 2.5 m earthen shoulders on both sides from km 1+600 to km 99+070 and from km 99+070 to km 121+740 formation width is 10.0m with 7.0m carriageway and 1.5 m earthen shoulders on both sides as this section is Major district road declared by Chhattisgarh state government.

C. General Profile of the Subproject Area

7. The Project area consists of two districts of Chattishgarh namely Raipur and Dhamtari. The nodal towns on the stretches are Simga, Tilda, Kharora, Aarang, Nayapara and Kurud. A brief profile of the districts falling in the project area is summarized below. 8. Raipur District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. This District is situated between 22o 33' N to 21o14'N Latitude and 82o 6' to 81o38'E Longtitude. The District is surrounded by District Bilaspur in North, District Bastar and part of Orissa state in South, District Raigarh and part of Orissa state in East and district Durg in West. The district occupies the south eastern part of the upper Mahanadi valley and the bordering hills in the south and the east. Thus, the district is divided into two major physical divisions, Viz., the Chhattisgarh plain and the Hilly Areas. The district head quarter of the Raipur district i.e. Raipur is also the capital city of Chhattisgarh State. As per the 2011 Census data, the total population of Raipur district is 4,062,160 of which male and female were 2,048,856 and 2,013,304 respectively. The density of population in the district is 310 persons per square kilometre. Presently the total area under Raipur district is 13,083 sq.km. The literacy rate of Raipur 76.43 with male and female literacy of 86.50 and 66.21 respectively. With regards to Sex Ratio in Raipur, it stood at 983 per 1000 male compared to the average national sex ratio of 940. 9. Dhamtari district is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. This District is situated between 20042' N Latitude and 81o33' E Longtitude. Dhamtari district is officially formed on 6th July 1998 dividing the Raipur district. As a result the boundaries of the Raipur district is converted into the districts e.g. Raipur, Mahasamund and Dhamtari. Dhamtari, Kurud and Nagari are included in Dhamtari district as Tehsils and Dhamtari, Kurud, Nagari and Magarlod are included as blocks. The District is surrounded by District Raipur in North & District Kanker as well as Bastar in South, part of Orissa state in East & District Durg and Kanker in West.Mahanadi is the principal river of this district and Mahanadi is so far named as Kankannadi, Chitrotpala, Neelotpala, Mandvahini, Jairath etc. As per 2001 census the total population of Dhamtari is population of 799,199 of which male and female were 397,250 and

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401,949 respectively. The density of population in the district is 236 with a total area of 3,383 sq.km. The literacy rate of Dhamtari is 78.95. the male and female literacy rate is 88.84 and 69.24 respectively. With regards to Sex Ratio it stood at 1012 per 1000 male compared to national sex ratio of 940.

D. Subproject Component

10. The entire length of the project road runs through plain terrain cutting across several agricultural land, villages and towns. Nevertheless, the horizontal alignment of the project road is fairly incongruence with the adopted design standard except at few locations where it shall be improved during geometric design catering to the design standard as laid down in Volume 2 and a realistic compatibility within the available ROW. Vertical Alignment will be revised at locations where existing submersible bridges shall be replaced by high level bridges. The following major components are proposed for the project. An alignment map has been provided in the Figure-2.

Lane Width: The width of a basic traffic lane is proposed to be 3.50m. Thus, for 2-lane the carriageway widths will be 7.0m.

Earthen Shoulders: Earthen shoulders are proposed to be 2.5m wide on either side of the proposed main carriageway from km 1+600 to km 99+070 and 1.5 m wide on both side of the proposed main carriageway from km 99+070 to km 121+740 the stretch being a MDR.

Footpath: In built-up stretches where considerable commercial activity is noticed, 1.5m wide footpath is proposed on both sides. The side drain in such stretches will be accommodated under the footpath.

Utility Corridor: Minimum width of utility corridor will be 1.00m.

Side Slopes: Embankment height up to 6.0 m

Crossfall: The crossfall for the pavement and paved shoulders will be 2.5%. For earthen shoulders the corresponding value will be 4.0 %.

11. In addition to the above design criteria, following road furniture and other features are proposed for road safety and operational point of view.

Bus Shelters: Bus shelters are proposed at every village locations. In total 40 nos. of bus shelters in 20 village locations have been proposed.

Road Markings: Road markings perform the important function of guiding and controlling traffic on a highway. The markings serve as psychological barriers and signify the delineation of traffic paths and their lateral clearance from traffic hazards for safe movement of traffic. Road markings are therefore essential to ensure smooth and orderly flow of traffic and to promote road safety. The Code of Practice for Road Markings, IRC: 35-1997 has been used in the study as the design basis. The location and type of marking lines, material and colour is followed using IRC: 35-1997 – “Code of Practice for Road Markings”. The road markings were carefully planned on carriageways, intersections and bridge locations.

Cautionary, Mandatory and Informatory Signs: Cautionary, mandatory and informatory signs have been provided depending on the situation and function they perform in accordance with the IRC: 67-2001 guidelines for Road Signs.

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Figure-2 Subproject Alignment Map

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Boundary Stones: Where the boundary is on a curve or the land is of significant value and likely to be encroached upon, the boundary stones, as required, shall be installed at closer intervals.

Delineators and Object Markers: Roadway delineators are intended to mark the edges of the roadway so as to guide drivers on the alignment ahead. Object markers are used to indicate hazards and obstructions within the vehicle flow path, for example, channelling islands close to the intersections. Delineators and object markers are provided as per the details given in the drawings and are provided in accordance with the provisions of IRC: 79-1981. They are basically driving aids and should not be regarded as substitutes for warning signs, road markings or barriers. Delineators are provided for all curves of radius less than 600m. They are not provided at locations where Chevron sign boards are provided.

Crash Barrier: Crash barrier system absorbs impact of vehicle and laterally restrains a vehicle from veering off. This ensures minimum damage to the vehicle and passengers. Metal Beam Crash Barrier is proposed at locations where the embankment height is more than 3.0m, at horizontal curves of radius less than 161m and also at major bridge approaches.

Road Humps: Road humps are located at T-intersections (and cross road intersections) on minor roads or perpendicular arms about 25m away from the inner edge of the carriageway. Proper signs boards and markings are provided to advise the drivers in advance of the situation. Road humps are extended across carriageway up to the edge of paved shoulder.

Rumble Strips: Rumble Strips are formed by a sequence of transverse strips laid across a carriageway. Maximum permitted height of 15mm provided no vertical face exceeds 6mm. These rumble device produce audible and vibratory effects to alert drivers to take greater care and do not normally reduce traffic speeds in themselves. Proper sign boards and marking are proposed to advise the drivers in advance of the situation.

E. Subproject Impacts and Benefits

12. The proposed subproject can be viewed as boosting economic growth and poverty reduction which will bring substantial social and economic development in the region. The social benefits arising due to the subproject will be triggered off due to improved accessibility to various services such as easy access to markets, health facilities, schools, workplace etc which in turn increases the income of the locals, and ultimately elevating their standard of living. The possible direct and indirect positive impacts of the subproject are listed below.

The immediate benefits of road construction and improvement will come in the form of direct employment opportunities for the roadside communities and specially those who are engaged as wage laborers, petty contractors and suppliers of raw materials.

Improved road network will provide for improved linkages between the village communities and urban centre, which provides wider marketing facilities.

Road network will not only link the village communities to better markets, but also open up wider work opportunities in distant places. People can shuttle to distant work sites and towns and engage in construction, factories, business as well as domestic works.

Improved road network will encourage urban entrepreneurs to invest in far and remote areas in commercial farming and industrial activities.

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Improved road will also help people building strong institutional network with outside agencies. Essential and emergency services like schools, health centre, public distribution system etc can be availed faster.

Increased frequency of interaction with outsiders will increase the awareness level of the people in the village with regard to their health and nutrition, living style, value of education and proper utilization of available resources.

Interaction with the government, non-government and other development agents will help people gain new knowledge on improved farming, land development, development and maintenance of natural resources through the formation of various economic and social development groups.

Below is the summary of impacts in the subproject.

Table 2. Summary Subproject Impacts

Sl. No. Impacts Number

Total number of structures affected (Private+Religious+Govt.)

1 Total number of private structures affected 159 2 Total number of displaced households 155

Total number of Physically Displaced Households 5

Total number of Economically Displaced Households 150

3 Total number of vulnerable households displaced 116 4 Total number of displaced persons (DPs) 761

Total number of physically displaced persons 22

Total number of economically displaced persons 739

5 Total number of CPRs (common property structures) affected 44

F. Minimizing Resettlement

13. Adequate attention has been given during the feasibility and detailed project design phases of the project preparation to minimize the adverse impacts on land acquisition and resettlement impacts. However, technical and engineering constraints were one of the major concerns during exploration of various alternative alignments. With the available options, best engineering solution have been adopted to avoid land acquisition and resettlement impacts. Following are the general criteria adopted for the selection of the alignment:

Follow the existing alignment as much as feasible from engineering design point of view.

Restrict the proposed ROW as the same existing ROW and accommodate all proposed proposal within it.

Minimize social impact by restricting design speed and proposing alternative engineering solutions

Minimize environment impact by avoiding big trees, ponds etc.

Incorporate the opinions of local people in selection of alignment and design 14. During the impact assessment survey public consultation meetings were organized at various places and based on people‟s concerns and suggestions the alignment was adjusted to minimize the resettlement impacts.

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15. The specific minimization effort was made after obtaining of land availability certificates from concerned revenue departments. Based on the land availability, the alignment design was revised and the toe line width was restricted to an average width of 20 meters from the earlier proposed width of up to 30 meters. Due to this specific measures complete land acquisition was avoided and more than 50% structures including community properties were saved within this subproject. The final widening scheme and typical cross sections (TCS) adopted after all minimization of resettlement impacts is presented in the Table 3 below.

Table 3. Widening Scheme

TCS Type Description Length (m)

Type I TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder and overlay on 7.0m existing carriageway

6900

Type IA TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder and overlay on 7.0m existing carriageway and both side drain at building line

1950

Type II TCS for 2-Lane with Overlay and Eccentric Widening of 5.5m Existing Carriageway

4090

Type IV TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder for concentric widening with reconstruction of 3.5/5.5m existing carriageway from sub-base level with Pond on one side

450

Type VI TCS for 2-Lane with earthen shoulder at high embankment locations

600

Type VII

TCS for widening to 2-Lane with earthen shoulder and Reconstruction of 5.5/7.0m Existing Carriageway From Sub-Base level with concentric widening and with both side drain abutting building line

15995

Type VIIB TCS for 2-Lane with Overlay and Eccentric Widening of 5.5m Existing Carriageway and with both side drain abutting building line

2650

Type VIII TCS for 2-lane with concentric reconstruction of existing 7.0m pavement with flexible pavement from sub-base level

11500

Type IX TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder for concentric widening with reconstruction of 3.5/5.5m existing carriageway from sub-base level

46735

Type X TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder (1.5m) for concentric widening with reconstruction of 3.5/5.5m existing carriageway from sub-grade level

11180

Type XA TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder (1.5m) for concentric widening with reconstruction of 3.5/5.5m existing carriageway from sub-base level

6080

Type XI TCS for 2-lane with earthen shoulder (1.5m)for concentric widening with reconstruction of 3.5/5.5m existing carriageway from sub-grade level with Pond on one side

255

Type XIII TCS for 2-lane with reconstruction of existing pavement with rigid pavement and provision of footpath/drain at built-up area

1600

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TCS Type Description Length (m)

Out of Scope

OUT OF SCOPE 11755

TOTAL (m) 121740

CONSTRUCTION LENGTH (M) 109985

Source: Detailed Design Report

G. Scope and Objective of Resettlement Plan (RP)

16. The aim of this Resettlement Plan (RP) is to mitigate all such unavoidable negative impacts caused due to the project and resettle the displaced persons and restore their livelihoods. This Resettlement Plan has been prepared on the basis of subproject census survey findings and consultation with various stakeholders. The plan complies with ADB Safeguard Policy Statement-2009 designed by ADB to protect the rights of the affected persons and communities. The issues identified and addressed in this document are as follows:

Type and extent of loss of land/ non-land assets, loss of livelihood, loss of common property resources and social infrastructure;

Impacts on indigenous people, vulnerable groups like poor, women and other disadvantaged sections of society

Public consultation and peoples participation in the project; Existing legal and administrative framework and formulation of resettlement policy for the

project; Preparation of entitlement matrix, formulation of relocation strategy and restoration of

businesses/income; R&R cost estimate including provision for fund and; Institutional framework for the implementation of the plan, including grievance redress

mechanism and monitoring & reporting.

H. Methodology For Social Impact Assessment

17. For preparation of resettlement plan, a detailed social impact assessment of the subproject road was carried out including resettlement screening, land acquisition planning, project census survey of affected assets and households, public consultation methods. The details of methodology adopted for the social impact assessment is discussed in the following section.

1. Resettlement Screening

18. A social screening exercise was performed through a reconnaissance survey to gather first hand information on impact on land acquisition and resettlement with specific attention on land use, presence of legal and/or illegal housing, traffic patterns, cultural resources, urban settlements and other sensitive areas. The aim of reconnaissance survey was to assess the scope of land acquisition and resettlement study and accordingly the detailed plan of action was prepared for the preparation of land acquisition planning and resettlement plan.

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2. Land Acquisition Planning

19. The alignment was finalized as per the detailed engineering design. Initially, the numbers of affected villages were identified as per the alignment and availability of land i.e. Right of Way (ROW) was confirmed from the revenue department. Since the available ROW was sufficient to accommodate proposed road widening proposal no Land Acquisition Plan (LAP) was required for this particular subproject.

3. Census Survey and Inventory of Assets

20. Following finalization of the road alignment, cross-sections design and land acquisition requirements, census of all displaced persons (DPs) was carried in the subproject. The objective of the project census survey was to identify the persons who would be displaced by the project and to make an inventory of their assets that would be lost to the project, which would be the basis of calculation of compensation. A structured census questionnaire (Appendix 1) was used to collect detailed information on affected households/ properties for a full understanding of impacts in order to develop mitigation measures and resettlement plan for the DPs. The survey team was trained by the resettlement specialist and the survey was closely monitored on a regular basis. Additionally, socio-economic data was also collected as part of the social impact assessment (SIA) study. The census survey includes the following:

Inventory of the 100% land and non-land assets

Categorization and measurements of potential loss

Physical measurements of the affected assets/structures

Identification of trees and crops

Household characteristics, including social, economic and demographic profile

Identification of non titleholders

Assessment of potential economic impact

4. Public Consultation

21. To ensure peoples‟ participation in the planning phase and aiming at promotion of public understanding and fruitful solutions of developmental problems such as local needs of road users and problem and prospects of resettlement, various sections of affected persons (APs) and other stakeholders were consulted through focus group discussions, individual interviews and formal and informal consultations. The vulnerable sections of DPs and women were also included in this consultation process.

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II. SCOPE OF LAND ACQUISITION AND RESETTLEMENT

A. Introduction

22. As discussed earlier, no land acquisition will be involved in the sub project because the available ROW is sufficient to accommodate the proposed widening/ two-laning of the road. The confirmation of availability of ROW was obtained by the CGPWD from the concerned revenue department. The existing ROW is varies from 22 meters to 24 meters at various locations/ stretches of the project road and the widening proposal is limited to 20 meters on average.

B. Resettlement Impacts

23. The resettlement impact for this subproject is limited to the structures belong to non-titleholders (encroachers and squatters) living or earning their livelihoods within the existing ROW. In addition, there are some common properties resources (CPR) including religious structures and some government structures used for common purpose constructed within the existing ROW will be affected by the proposed road widening. A project census survey was carried out to identify the persons who would be displaced by the project and to make an inventory of their assets that would be lost to the project, which would be the basis of calculation of compensation. The census survey for this Simga - Kurud subproject road section was carried out between 19th July 2012 and 27th July 2012. The findings and magnitude of impacts are discussed in the following sections.

C. Loss of Structure in the Subproject

24. Due to the subproject work, 203 structures are going to be affected having status of non-titleholders as they exists within the available ROW. Out of 203 affected structures, 155 (78.32%) belong to non-titleholder households including squatters and encroachers and another 44 (21.68%) are community property resources (CPR) including religious and government structures. The details of loss of structures are presented in the Table 4.

Table 4. Loss of Structure

Sl. No.

Structure in the Affected Area Number of Structures

Number of Households

%

1 Private Structures 155 155 78.32 2 Religious Structures 22 0 10.84 3 Government Structures 22 0 10.84

Total 203 155 100.00 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

D. Loss of Private Structure in the Subproject

25. As per census survey, out of 159 private structures affected in the subproject, 47 (29.56%) structures are of residential type, 103 (64.78%) are of commercial type, one is of residential cum commercial type and 8 (5.03%) structures are of other use such as boundary

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wall, foundation and other temporary type of construction. The analysis shows that majority of people doing business or earning their livelihoods from the existing ROW and the project will cause more economic displacement than the physical displacement. The details of structures are given in the Table 5. The list of project affected households is attached as Appendix 2.

Table 5. Loss of Private Structure in the Subproject

Sl. No. Type of Structure No. of Structure %

1 Residential Structure 47 29.56 2 Commercial Structure 103 64.78 3 Residential cum Commercial Structure 1 0.63 4 Other Private Structure (Boundary wall etc) 88 5.03

Total 159 100.00 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

E. Scale of Impact on Structure

26. The analysis of data pertaining to the scale of impacts on the affected structures reveals that out of 203 structures, 85 (41.87%) structures being affected above 75%. Among others, 29 structures affected up to 75%, 52 are affected up to 50% and 37 are affected up to 25%. The details of scale of impacts on structures are presented in the Table 6.

Table 6. Scale of Impact on Structure

Sl. No. Scale of Impact No. of Structure %

1 Up to 25% 37 18.23 2 Above 25% and Below 50% 52 25.62 3 Above 50% and Below 75% 29 14.29 4 Above 75% 85 41.87


F. Type of Construction of Affected Structure

27. The structures being affected in the subproject are of various types by construction such as temporary, semi-permanent and permanent nature. Out of 203 structures, 138 (67.98%) structures are of temporary nature, 31 (15.27%) structures are of semi-permanent nature and 34 (16.75%) structures are of permanent in nature. The details of type of constructions of the affected structures are summarized in the Table 7.

Table 7. Type of Construction of Affected Structure

Sl. No. Construction Type No. of Structure %

1 Temporary 138 67.98 2 Semi-Permanent 31 15.27 3 Permanent 34 16.75


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G. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject

28. Due to loss of private structures some people will be losing their livelihoods. As per the census survey the DPs losing livelihoods includes 95 owners of commercial structures, one owners of residential cum commercial structures and 4 commercial tenants. The details of impact on livelihoods in the subproject are presented in the Table 8.

Table 8. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject

Sl. No. Loss Households %

5 Owners of Commercial Structure 95 95.19 6 Owners of Residential cum Commercial Structure 1 0.96 7 Commercial Tenants 4 3.85


H. Nature of Physical Displacement

29. The residential structures being affected in the subproject are either constructed houses or temporary hut. Out of 47 residential structures, 24 structures are small hut and another 25 are fully constructed houses. Most of these fully constructed houses are encroachers and losing their encroached part only which will not cause physical displacement of such households. The kinds of loss to these encroachers are mainly the temporary shed constructed in front of their house, frontage/veranda, or boundary wall etc.

I. Nature of Economical Displacement

30. As evident from the analysis of census data, the livelihood loss or commercial displacement in the subproject will be mostly either temporary or partial in nature. Among the 103 commercial structures being affected in the subproject, 44 are small kiosks which can be conveniently shifted from one location to another. Another 22 commercial structures includes sheds and frontage constructed by encroachers and by loss of such structures, the impact on their livelihood will not be severe.

J. Nature of CPR Loss

31. Among the 44 CPRs affected in the subproject, 22 are small temples, two are boundary walls of temple, one bus stop and six sitting places, seven community centers constructed by Panchayat, one public toilet, two statues, two pump houses and rest of the boundary walls of such government structures. 22 temples needs relocation and other public properties will be restored by the project. The list of CPR affected in the subproject is presented in Appendix3.

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III. SOCIOECONOMIC INFORMATION AND PROFILE

A. General Socioeconomic Profile of Project Area

32. The Project area consists of two districts of Chattishgarh namely Raipur and Dhamtari. The nodal towns on the stretches are Simga, Tilda, Kharora, Aarang, Nayapara and Kurud. A brief profile of the districts falling in the project area is summarized below. 33. Raipur District is situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. The district head quarter of the Raipur district i.e. Raipur is also the capital city of Chhattisgarh State. As per the 2011 Census data, the total population of Raipur district is 4,062,160 of which male and female were 2,048,856 and 2,013,304 respectively. The density of population in the district is 310 persons per square kilometre. Presently the total area under Raipur district is 13,083 sq.km. The literacy rate of Raipur 76.43 with male and female literacy of 86.50 and 66.21 respectively. With regards to Sex Ratio in Raipur, it stood at 983 per 1000 male compared to the average national sex ratio of 940. 34. Dhamtari district is also situated in the fertile plains of Chhattisgarh Region. As per 2001 census the total population of Dhamtari is population of 799,199 of which male and female were 397,250 and 401,949 respectively. The density of population in the district is 236 with a total area of 3383 sq.km. The literacy rate of Dhamtari is 78.95. the male and female literacy rate is 88.84 and 69.24 respectively. With regards to Sex Ratio it stood at 1012 per 1000 male compared to national sex ratio of 940. 35. Some of the socio-economic information of DPs was collected through the census survey and its findings are presented in the following sections. The analysis of sample baseline socio-economic information of DPs is discussed in length in the Poverty and Social Analysis Report prepared under the ADB TA.

B. Social Categories of the DPs

36. The social stratification of the subproject area shows that the dominance of other backward caste (OBC) population with 96(61.94%) households. Among others, there are 19 (12.26%) scheduled caste, 24 (15.48%) scheduled tribe, and 16 (10.32%) higher caste DPs found during the census survey. The detail of social grouping in the subproject area is presented in the Table 9. All the DPs belong to Hindu religion only.

Table 9. Social Categories of the DPs

Sl. No. Description of the Caste No. of Households % age

1 Scheduled Caste 19 12.26 2 Scheduled Tribe 24 15.48 3 Other Backward Caste 96 61.94 4 Higher Caste 16 10.32


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C. Number of DPs

37. There are 761 DPs in total being affected by the subproject which includes 416 (54.66%) males and 345 (45.34%) females. The average household size is 5 and the sex ratio among DPs is 829. The details of DPs being affected in the subproject are summarized in the Table 10.

Table 10. Number of DPs

Sl. No. Categories of DPs No. of DPs %

1 Male 416 54.66 2 Female 345 45.34

Total 761 100 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

D. Vulnerable Households being displaced in the Subproject

38. In the subproject area there are many households falling below poverty line (BPL). The State Government of Chhattisgarh has identified them and distributed BPL cards to such families. According to subproject census survey there are 102 such households falling under BPL category. In this subproject among other vulnerable group there are 10 women headed households and 4 households headed by physically handicapped people being affected. The vulnerable households‟ details are presented in the Table 11.

Table 11. Vulnerable Households being displaced

Sl. No. Vulnerable Categories No. of Households %

1 Women Headed Households 10 8.62 2 Households Headed by PH Person 4 3.45 3 Below Poverty Line Households 102 87.93

Total 116 100.00 % of Total Displaced Households 15.24

Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

E. Annual Income Level of the Displaced Households

39. As revealed from the Table 11, there are 102 households belong to below poverty line (BPL) category. This is further evident from the data on monthly income by households. There are 7 (4.52%) households having an average monthly income of only Rs. 10,000 and 21 (13.55%) of the affected households are earning an average monthly income below Rs. 20,000. Among others, 40 (25.81%) households are annually earning below Rs. 30,000 only. The average income level of households in the subproject area is summarized in the Table 12.

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Table 12. Annual Income Level of the Affected Households

Sl. No. Annual Income Categories in (Rs) No. of Households % age

1 Up to 10000 7 4.52 2 Above 10000 and Below 20000 21 13.55 3 Above 20000 and Below 30000 40 25.81 4 Above 30000 and Below 50000 72 46.45 5 Above 50000 and up to 100000 9 5.81 6 Above 100000 5 3.23 7 Not Responded 1 0.65


F. Educational Status of DPs

40. The educational status of DPs reveals that overall scenario is not encouraging one as there are still 30.91% DPs are illiterate and females are lacking far behind the male members. In the area 39.58% male DPs are illiterate whereas in case of female it is 23.77%. This data excludes the children below 0 to 6 years. The details of educational status of DPs are presented in the Table 13.

Table 13. Educational Status of DPs

Sl. No.

Educational Status Male Female Total

Number % Number % Number %

1 Illiterate 97 23.77 133 39.58 230 30.91 2 Literate 94 23.04 73 21.73 167 22.45 3 Up to middle 89 21.81 48 14.29 137 18.41 4 Below metric 48 11.76 40 11.90 88 11.83 5 Metric 62 15.20 33 9.82 95 12.77 6 Graduate 14 3.43 8 2.38 22 2.96 7 Above graduate 4 0.98 1 0.30 5 0.67

Total 408 100.00 336 100.00 744 100.00 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

G. Occupational Status of DPs

41. As per census survey out of 761 DPs, only 282 (37.07%) DPs are employed in various commercial activities. The occupational pattern of DPs excluding the non working sections such as children and students and household workers, reveals that 45.04% DPs are having business as their main occupation. Among other categories, 22.34% DPs are engaged in agriculture, 28.01% having earning their livelihoods as labourer. The employment level is much lower for female DPs in comparison to male DPs. The details of occupational status of DPs are summarized in the Table 14.

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Table 14. Occupational Status of DPs

Sl. No.

Occupational status of DPs

Male Female Total Number % Number % Number %

1 Service 6 2.31 2 9.09 8 2.84 2 Business 124 47.69 3 13.64 127 45.04 3 Agriculture 63 24.23 0 0.00 63 22.34 4 Labour 66 25.38 13 59.09 79 28.01 5 Professional 1 0.38 4 18.18 5 1.77

Total 260 100.00 22 100.00 282 100.00 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

H. Impact on Indigenous People and mitigation Measures

42. Chhattisgarh is among one of the tribal state of India. Some presence of scheduled tribe groups such as Bhunjia, Binjhar, Dhanbar, Kandra, Kondh, Kamar, are noted on the sample subproject districts. The Project state of Chhattisgarh, as per the Census of India 2001, is home to 66,16,596 scheduled tribes population, constituting 31.76 % of total population of the state vis-à-vis the national level statistics of 8.2%. 43. An Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework (IPPF) is prepared for the Project intended to guide the selection and preparation of subprojects under the project to ensure better distribution of project benefits and promote development of IPs in the project area. An IPP will be prepared according to the IPPF for subprojects that may lead to physical relocation causing adverse impacts on the culture, customary livelihoods and identity of IPs. 44. However, since the Project is confined to rehabilitation and upgrade of existing road alignments, the social assessments undertaken have not brought forth any adverse impact on the tribal groups within the area of influence of the Project road. The improved road network is expected to augment access to socioeconomic facilities of tribal groups along with other sections of subproject population. The summary subproject impacts on scheduled tribe households are presented in the Table 15.

Table 15. Summary of Impacts on Scheduled Tribe Households

Sl. No. Type of Impacts Details of Impacts

1 Total number of ST households

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2 Type of Loss 12 Residential Structures, 11 Commercial Structures, 1 Cattle Shed

3 Type of Structures 22 Temporary, 2 Semi-Permanent

4 Intensity of Impact 7 up to 25%, 7 up to 50%, 4 up to 75%, 6 fully affected.

5 Type of Business Structures

3 Shops, 1 Small Eatery, 5 Kiosk, 2 other business

6 Status of Structures 10 Encroachers, 14 Squatters

7 Livelihood Loss 11 Households

8 Total Number of DPs Total 116 Persons, 65 Male and 51 Female

9 Household Profession 12 Business, 1 Farmer, 10 Labour, 1 Service

10 Relocation option 22 opted for self relocation, 2 for relocation assisted by project

Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

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45. The analysis provided in the above table presents the kind of loss to the ST households. Most of the impact is on temporary constructions and only 6 of them are fully affected. All the households whose structure is fully affected belong to commercial squatters having kiosks. These kiosks are small wooden structures that can be easily shifted to another location without dismantling the structure. The intensity of impacts in case of residential structures is mostly loss of frontages, verandas or sheds etc. The ST people are not into their traditional methods of livelihood as they are doing various kinds of business and working as labourer. The relocation options preferred by the affected ST households are also self relocations. 46. The subproject construction will not have any adverse consequences on the socioeconomic condition and would also not lead to any disruption in their community life or culture of these communities. All the affected ST households will be eligible for compensation for their lost assets irrespective of their legal status. They will also be eligible for the special assistance as vulnerable group.

47. Further, the subproject area does not fall within the defined Scheduled Area where specific actions like preparation of Tribal development Plan (TDP) as per the national/ state policy and legislation are concerned. The scheduled tribe households affected under the project will be treated vulnerable households and special assistance for these groups are made under the entitlement matrix and incorporated in this RP.

I. Gender Impact and Mitigation Measures

48. In many ways, the women of Chhattisgarh enjoy a unique position within the country. The proportion of women in the population (the sex ratio or the number of women per 1000 men) stands at 990 according to the 2001 census against national average of 933. The sex ratio is universally acknowledged as an indicator of women‟s well being, survival and status, and in this the position of Chhattisgarh is second among states in the country (after Kerala‟s 1058) and well above the national average. Women in Chhattisgarh are articulate, visible, and play a major role in public production. This can be understood with reference to the role that women play in different areas of livelihood systems. In Chhattisgarh, women are the major agricultural workers. This is so in the production of rice our main food crop, as well as in pulses, millets and the many oilseeds. They work in each and every aspect of crop production, preservation and storage. Apart from crop weeding, manuring, harvesting, women are the leading players in all post harvest and storage operations. Women also play a major role in the collection and processing of the many kinds of uncultivated foods and medicinal plants found in Chhattisgarh. Many of these foods are collections from the forest, and women use them for maintaining household food security and nutrition needs outside the market system. Chhattisgarh presents a somewhat mixed picture with regard to the political participation of women. The traditional predominance of women in economic life is not fully mirrored by their participation in political life. 49. With regard to the discussion on division of labour at work and at home, most of the women reported that they look after their reproductive and productive roles simultaneously by working in fields as well as taking care and maintenance work of the household, such as cooking, washing, cleaning, nursing, bearing and looking after children etc. The agriculture or non agriculture related productive works that can generate cash income are therefore preferred to be done at home, or near home by the women. When such opportunities are not available entire family resorts to migrate to other village/ urban centers. Overall during the FGDs, the women reported to have limited mobility and therefore expressed their preference near their

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homes. In case of distant places they expressed their preference prefer to work either in groups or move in groups as this gives them confidence. The following reasons were cited by the women for their preference to work near their homes:

Lack of access and control over vehicle

Walking long distance is tiring

Cannot leave small children unattended

Have never been trained on specific skills to take up skilled jobs

Fear of working in unknown environment

Household work can be attended

Mobility in group enables them to respond to the constraints related to security risks

50. As per the findings of FGD with women group the perceived benefits from the subprojects are:

Improved access to social facilities like health, education

Increase in income generating activities

Frequent and affordable transport

Management of emergency situation

Improved community relations

Increased frequency of health workers, extension workers visits

Improved access to market

Increased Leisure time

Reduced time spent on firewood collection

Less flooding

Side pavements will make walking easy 51. The women group consulted could perceive little negative impacts of road improvement in their lives since the benefits perceived were far stronger. The negative impacts could not be easily articulated by the communities apart from loss of assets. However, along with the loss of assets the following negative impacts were also recorded:

Loss of assets as a result of the road construction

Loss of assets especially in the case of Female Headed Households

Preference to men as wage labour over women during construction

Discrimination in wage payment

More dependence of mechanized techniques in road construction likely to have very little opportunity for labour for women

52. Women will not be affected negatively due to the program. There are only 10 women headed households affected in the subproject. Any negative impacts of the sub-project on female-headed households will be taken up on a case-to-case basis and assistance to these households will be treated on a priority basis. During disbursement of compensation and provision of assistance, priority will be given to female-headed households. Additionally, women headed households are considered as vulnerable and provision for additional assistance (lump sum amount at Rs.10,000/- per affected households) has been made in the entitlement of the RP. Provision for equal wage and health safety facilities during the construction will be ensured by the EA. Therefore, the subproject activities will not have any negative impact on women.

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IV. STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION

A. Stakeholders in the Project

53. Consultations with various stakeholders were carried out during various phases of project preparation. The stakeholders in the project are both primary and secondary. The primary stakeholders are project displaced persons (DPs), project beneficiaries and Executing Agency especially the officials in CGOWD, ADB-PIU, ADB-PIU Field Office staff. The secondary stakeholder includes district magistrates and the revenue officials village heads, head of Gram Panchayat, village administrative officers NGO and business communities in the area.

B. Public Consultation in the Project

54. Numerous consultations were arranged at the stage of project preparation to ensure peoples‟ participation in the planning phase of this project and to treat public consultation and participation as a continuous two way process. Aiming at promotion of public understanding and fruitful solutions of developmental problems such as local needs and problem and prospects of resettlement, various sections of APs and other stakeholders were consulted through focus group discussions and individual interviews.

C. Methods of Public Consultation

55. Consultations and discussions were held along the subprojects with the affected families and other stakeholders. These meetings were organized to get wider public input from both the primary and secondary stakeholders. The consultation methods followed to elicit required information (their views & opinions) are detailed below in Table 16.

Table 16. Methods of Public Consultations

Stakeholders Consultation Method

DPs Census & Socioeconomic Survey Village Pradhan/representative of APs Focus Group Discussions Local communities Focus Group Discussions Women‟s groups Focus Group Discussions

Vulnerable groups (SC, ST, BPL) Focus Group Discussions EA Individual interview, discussion, joint field visit Line Departments (Revenue Officials) Individual meeting/interview, discussion

D. Scope of Consultation and Issues

56. During the consultation process along with census and socio-economic survey, efforts were made by the study teams to:

Ascertain the views of the APs, with reference to land acquisition and road alignment;

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Understand views of the community on land acquisition, resettlement issues and rehabilitation options;

Identify and assess the major socio-economic characteristics of the villages to enable effective planning and implementation;

Obtain opinion of the community on issues related to the impacts on community property and relocation of the same;

Examine APs‟ opinion on problems and prospects of road related issues; Identify people's expectations from subprojects and their absorbing capacity; Finally, to establish an understanding for identification of overall developmental

goals and benefits of the project.

E. Findings of Focused Group Discussions

57. Some of the major issues that were discussed and feedback received from the villagers during the course of the consultations and measures taken are summarized in the Table 17. The lost of participants and consultation photographs are presented in the Appendix 4.

Table 17. Summary Findings of FGD

Issue Discussion/Suggestion Majors Taken

Existing Road Condition

Existing road is in a very poor condition, people face problem during rainy season.

The proposed subproject will improve the existing road to two lane standard and provide all weather connectivity to major towns and facilities.

Transport and communication problem

Due to bad condition of road, good transportation means are not available, travel time is lengthy.

The subproject road will provide better connectivity and a faster transportation to distance places

Positive project impact

The positive project impacts perceived by the local people are all weather road, direct access to many facilities, business and employment opportunities, appreciation of land value etc

The alignment is planned to provide maximum benefits to the local people

Negative project impacts

Negative project impacts perceived by the people are loss of structures and livelihoods, requirement of skilled workers in construction activity

All loss of structure will be compensated market value. Loss of livelihoods will also be compensated and assisted by the project including opportunity for labourer in construction work

Problem in Relocation

The physical displacement under the project is limited people have additional land to shift and therefore can be handled easily

Physically displaced people will be supported with shifting and transitional assistance and the implementing NGO will assist them in relocation as required.

Rate of compensation

People are very much concern about the rate of compensation as the government rate is very low

The rate of compensation will be decided as per market value.

Consultation and

People want more consultation during project implementation and

Public consultation will continue throughout the project cycle.

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Issue Discussion/Suggestion Majors Taken

participation want to participate in the project Implementing NGO will assist people in participation at various stages.

Road safety The proposed two lane road may be concern for safety specifically for women and children, accident risk will increase

Proper road safety measures are incorporated in the project design. Special measures like signage, spead breakers at schools, hospitals and market places will provided by the project.

Transparency in Project Implementation

The project should ensure transparency in implementation and quality control

There are provisions like GRC, VLC and direct access to Implementation Office for any complain or grievances

F. Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders

58. Other stakeholders in the subproject such as Executing Agency especially the officials in CGPWD, ADB- PIU and the field level PIU staff and the concerned district magistrates and the revenue officials were also consulted on various issues. The details of some of such consultations are summarized in the Table 18.

Table 18. Details of Consultation with Officials and Other Stakeholders

Sl. No. Name and designation of

Consulted Person Issue Discussed

1 Mr. J M Lulu (Chief Engineer, CGPWD)

Project progress, coordination with Design Consultant, CGPWD capacity assessment,

2 Mr. C H Chandrakar (DGM, ADB-PIU)

Project progress, coordination with Design Consultant,

3 Mr. Anuj Sharma (AE, ADB-PIU)

Subproject preparation, coordination with ADB-PIU Field Office, Site Visit

4 Mr. Harsh Bajpayee (AE, ADB-PIU)

Subproject preparation, coordination with ADB-PIU Field Office, Site Visit

5 Mr. Mahadev Laheri, (Nodal officer, Ex Eng, CGPWD)

Simga-Kurud subproject alignment, DPR preparation, joint site visit

6 Mr. Dhru (SDO, Tilda) Simga-Kurud subproject alignment, joint site visit 7 Mr. Jaatav (SDO, Aabhan

pura) Simga-Kurud subproject alignment, joint site visit

8 Mr. Vivek Shukla (SDO, Aarang)

Simga-Kurud subproject alignment, joint site visit

9 Mr. Toran Lal Thakur (SDO, Kurud)

Simga-Kurud subproject alignment, joint site visit

G. Plan for further Consultation in the Project

59. The effectiveness of the R&R program is directly related to the degree of continuing involvement of those affected by the Project. Several additional rounds of consultations with APs will form part of the further stages of project preparation and implementation. The implementation NGO will be entrusted with the task of conducting these consultations during RP

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implementation, which will involve agreements on compensation, assistance options, and entitlement package and income restoration measures suggested for the subproject. The consultation will continue throughout the project implementation. The following set of activities will be undertaken for effective implementation of the RP:

In case of any change in engineering alignment planning the APs and other stakeholders will be consulted in selection of road alignment for minimization of resettlement impacts, development of mitigation measures etc.

Together with the NGO, the ADB-PIU Field Office will conduct information dissemination sessions in the project area and solicit the help of the local community/ leaders and encourage the participation of the AP‟s in Plan implementation.

During the implementation of RP, NGO will organize public meetings, and will appraise the communities about the progress in the implementation of project works, including awareness regarding road construction.

Consultation and focus group discussions will be conducted with the vulnerable groups like women, SC, ST, and OBC‟s to ensure that the vulnerable groups understand the process and their needs are specifically taken into consideration.

To make reasonable representation of women in the project planning and implementation they will be specifically involved in consultation.

60. A Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan will be prepared by PIU/NGO for each of the subprojects as per the format below in Table 19.

Table 19. Format for Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan

Activity Task Timing (Date/

Period)

Agencies

Remarks

Stakeholder identification

Mapping of the project area

ADB-PIU Field Office/Design Consultant

Project information dissemination

Distribution of information leaflets to displaced persons (DPs)

ADB-PIU Field Office /NGO

Consultative meetings with APs during scoping phase

Discuss potential impacts of the project

ADB-PIU Field Office /Design Consultant

Public Notification Publish list of affected lands/sites in a local newspaper; establish eligibility cut-off date


Socio-economic survey

Collect socioeconomic information on AP‟s perception on the project


Consultative meetings on resettlement mitigation measures

Discuss entitlements, compensation rates, grievance redress mechanisms

ADB-PIU Field Office /Design Consultant

Publicize the Distribute leaflets or ADB-PIU Field

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Activity Task Timing (Date/

Period)

Agencies

Remarks

resettlement plan (RP)

booklets in local language

Office /NGO

Full disclosure of the RP to APs

Distribute RP in local language to APs


Internet disclosure of the RP

RP posted on ADB and/or EA website

ADB-PIU

Consultative meetings during detailed measurement survey (DMS)

Face to face meetings with APs


Disclosure after DMS Disclose updated RP to DPs


Internet disclosure of the updated RP

Updated RP posted on ADB and/or EA website

ADB-PIU

H. Information Disclosure

61. To keep more transparency in planning and for further active involvement of APs and other stakeholders the project information will be disseminated through disclosure of resettlement planning documents. The EA will submit the following documents to ADB for disclosure on ADB‟s website:

(i) the final resettlement plan endorsed by the EA after the census of displaced persons has been completed;

(ii) a new resettlement plan or an updated resettlement plan, and a corrective action plan prepared during project implementation, if any; and

(iii) the resettlement monitoring reports. 62. The EA will provide relevant resettlement information, including information from the above mentioned documents in a timely manner, in an accessible place and in a form and language(s) understandable to affected persons and other stakeholders. A resettlement information leaflet containing information on compensation, entitlement and resettlement management adopted for the subproject will be made available in local language (Hindi) and distributed to DPs.

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V. LEGAL FRAMEWORK

A. Introduction

63. The legal framework and principles adopted for addressing resettlement issues in the Project have been guided by the existing legislation and policies of the GOI, the Government of Chhattisgarh, Asian Development Bank and the Resettlement Framework (RF) adopted for the project. Prior to the preparation of the RP, a detailed analysis of the existing national and state policies was undertaken and a RF has been prepared for the entire program. The section below provides details of the various national and state level legislations studied and their applicability within this framework. This RP is prepared based on the review and analysis of all applicable legal and policy frameworks of the country and ADB policy requirements. A summary of applicable acts and policies is presented in the following paragraphs and the detailed policy review and comparison is provided in the RF.

B. Land Acquisition Act 1894

64. The Land acquisition Act (LAA) 1894, as amended in 1984 provides the legal framework for land acquisition for a public purpose in India. It enables the State Government to acquire private lands for a public purpose, and seeks to ensure that no person is deprived of land except under the Act. The general process for land acquisition under LAA is:

Land identified for a project is placed under Section 4 of the LAA. This constitutes notification with Government‟s intention to acquire land. Objections must be made within 30 days to the District Collector (DC, highest administrative officer of the concerned District).

The land is then placed under Section 6 of the LAA. This is a declaration made by the Government for acquisition of land for public purpose. The DC is directed to take steps for the acquisition, and the land is placed under Section 9. Interested parties are then invited to state their interest in the land and the price. Under Section 11, the DC shall make an award within one year of the date of publication of the declarations.

In case of disagreement on the price awarded, within 6 weeks of the award the parties (under Section 18) can request the DC to refer the matter to the Courts to make a final ruling on the amount of compensation.

Once the land has been placed under Section 4, no further sales or transfers are allowed.

Compensation for land and improvements (such as houses, wells, trees, etc.) is paid in cash by the project proponent to the State government, which in turn compensates landowners.

65. The price to be paid for the acquisition of land is based on the circle rate recorded at the District Registrar's office averaged over the three years preceding notification under Section 4. Clause 16 of the LA Act allows the Collector to take possession of land after making an award, but he is also required to make payment of compensation awarded by him before taking possession of land (Clause 31). If payment of compensation is not paid before taking possession, he is required to pay an interest (Clause 34). An additional payment of 12% according to Clause 23 (1) (a) and the 30% on market value according to Clause 23 (2) are

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made by a Court of Law when an affected person does not accept the award made by a Collector and requests to refer the matter for the determination of a court. However, considering that a number of the affected persons may approach a court for securing higher payments, these amounts are included for the budgeting purpose. 66. Under the Land Acquisition Act 1894, compensation is paid only to the legal titleholders and does not provide any compensation package to the non-titleholders like encroachers, squatters etc.

C. National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 (NRRP-2007)

67. The National Rehabilitation and Resettlement Policy, 2007 (NRRP-2007) was adopted by the Government of India in 31 October, 2007 to address development-induced resettlement issues. The policy provides for the basic minimum requirements, and all projects leading to involuntary displacement of people must address the rehabilitation and resettlement issues comprehensively. The State Governments, Public Sector Undertakings or agencies, and other requiring bodies shall be at liberty to put in place greater benefit levels than those prescribed in the NRRP-2007. The principles of this policy may also apply to the rehabilitation and resettlement of persons involuntarily displaced permanently due to any other reason. The objectives of the NRRP-2007 are as follows:

to minimize displacement and to promote, as far as possible, non-displacing or least-displacing alternatives;

to ensure adequate rehabilitation package and expeditious implementation of the rehabilitation process with the active participation of the affected families;

to ensure that special care is taken for protecting the rights of the weaker sections of society, especially members of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, and to create obligations on the State for their treatment with concern and sensitivity;

to provide a better standard of living, making concerted efforts for providing sustainable income to the affected families;

to integrate rehabilitation concerns into the development planning and implementation process; and

where displacement is on account of land acquisition, to facilitate harmonious relationship between the requiring body and affected families through mutual cooperation.

68. Some of the salient features of the NRRP- 2007 are listed below.

The benefits to be offered to the affected families include; land-for-land, to the extent Government land would be available in the resettlement areas; preference for employment in the project to at least one person from each nuclear family subject to the availability of vacancies and suitability of the displaced person; training and capacity building for taking up suitable jobs and for self-employment; scholarships for education of the eligible persons from the affected families; preference to groups of cooperatives of the affected persons in the allotment of contracts and other economic opportunities in or around the project site; wage employment to the willing affected persons in the construction work in the project;

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housing benefits including houses to the landless affected families in both rural and urban areas; and other benefits.

Financial support to the affected families for construction of cattle sheds, shops, and working sheds; transportation costs, temporary and transitional accommodation, and comprehensive infrastructural facilities and amenities in the resettlement area including education, health care, drinking water, roads, electricity, sanitation, religious activities, cattle grazing, and other community resources, among others.

A special provision has been made for providing life-time monthly pension to the vulnerable persons, such as the disabled, destitute, orphans, widows, unmarried girls, abandoned women, or persons above 50 years of age (who are not provided or cannot immediately be provided with alternative livelihood).

Special provision for the STs and SCs include preference in land-for-land for STs followed by SCs; a Tribal Development Plan which will also include a program for development for alternate fuel which will also include a program for development for alternate fuel and non-timber forest produce resources, consultations with Gram Sabhas and Tribal Advisory Councils, protection of fishing rights, land free-of-cost for community and religious gatherings, continuation of reservation benefits in resettlement areas, among others.

A strong grievance redressal mechanism has been prescribed, which includes standing R&R Committees at the district level, R&R Committees at the project level, and an Ombudsman duly empowered in this regard. The R&R Committees shall have representatives from the affected families including women, voluntary organizations, Panchayats, local elected representatives, etc. Provision ahs also been made for post-implementation social audits of the rehabilitation and resettlement schemes and plans.

For effective monitoring of the progress of implementation of R&R plans, provisions have been made for a National Monitoring Committee, a National Monitoring Cell, mandatory information sharing by the States and UTs with the National Monitoring Cell, and Oversight Committees in the Ministries/Departments concerned for each major project, among others.

For ensuring transparency, provision has been made for mandatory dissemination of information on displacement, rehabilitation and resettlement, with names of the affected persons and details of the rehabilitation packages. Such information shall be placed in the public domain on the Internet as well as shared with the concerned Gram Sabhas and Panchayats, etc. by the project authorities.

A National Rehabilitation Commission shall be set up by the Central Government, which will be duly empowered to exercise independent oversight over the rehabilitation and resettlement of the affected families.

Under the new Policy, no project involving displacement of families beyond defined thresholds 3 can be undertaken without a detailed Social Impact Assessment, which among other things, shall also take into account the impact that the project will have on public and community properties, assets and infrastructure; and the concerned Government shall have to specify that the ameliorative measures for addressing the said impact, may not be less than what

3 A new project or expansion of an existing project, which involves involuntary displacement of four

hundred or more families en masse in plain areas, or two hundred or more families en masse in tribal or hilly areas, DDP blocks or areas mentioned in the Schedule V or Schedule VI to the Constitution.

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is provided under any scheme or program of the Central or State Government in operation in the area. The SIA report shall be examined by an independent multi-disciplinary expert group, which will also include social science and rehabilitation experts. Following the conditions of the SIA clearance shall be mandatory for all projects displacing people beyond the defined thresholds.

The affected communities shall be duly informed and consulted at each stage, including public hearings in the affected areas for social impact assessment, wide dissemination of the details of the survey to be conducted for R&R plan or scheme, consultations with the Gram Sabhas and public hearings in areas not having Gram Sabhas, consultations with the affected families including women, NGOs, Panchayats, and local elected representatives, among others.

The Policy also provides that land acquired for a public purpose cannot be transferred to any other purpose but a public purpose, and that too, only with prior approval of the Government. If land acquired for a public purpose remains unutilized for the purpose for five years from the date of taking over the possession, the same shall revert to the Government concerned. When land acquired is transferred for a consideration, eighty per cent of any net unearned income so accruing to the transferor, shall be shared with the persons from whom the lands were acquired, or their heirs, in proportion to the value of the lands acquired.

The entitled persons shall have the option to take up to twenty per cent of their rehabilitation grant and compensation amount in the form of shares, if the Requiring Body is a company authorized to issue shares and debentures; with prior approval of the Government, this proportion can be as high as fifty per cent of the rehabilitation grant and compensation amount.

D. Legal and Policy Frameworks of Chhattisgarh State

69. The legislations and policy concerning the land acquisition and resettlement for road project includes (i) Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959, (ii) Chhattisgarh Highway Act, 2003, (iii) Chhattisgarh Resettlement Policy-2007. The gist of these act and policies are discussed in the following section. a. Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 70. An Act to consolidate and amend the laws relating to land revenue, the powers of Revenue Officers, rights and liabilities of holders of land from the State Government, agricultural tenures and other matters relating to land and the liabilities incidental thereto in Chhattisgarh. This Act basically deals with the land rights of landholders and power of revenue departments but does not reflect and specific on acquisition and payment of compensation. b. Chhattisgarh Highway Act, 2003 71. The Chhattisgarh Highway Act, 2003 is meant to provide for the restriction of ribbon development along highways for prevention and removal of encroachment thereon, for the construction, maintenance and development of highways, for the levy of betterment charges, and for certain other matters, and to provide for the public such conditions as will ensure safety and maximum efficiency of all road transport of highways in the Chhattisgarh State.

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c. Chhattisgarh Resettlement Policy-2007 72. Government of Chhattisgarh has formulated a resettlement policy known as “Ideal Resettlement Policy of the State-2007” in the year 2007 for resettlement and rehabilitation of project affected persons by various infrastructure development projects. Attempted to deal with complete land acquisition and resettlement issues, this policy includes some enhanced provisions than the above two legislations. However, the policy does not have provision for compensation at replacement cost and recognises the not-titleholders occupying land before three years of notification of the affected area.

E. Safeguard Policy Statement of Asian Development Bank

73. The ADB has adopted Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) in 2009 including safeguard requirements for environment, involuntary resettlement and indigenous people. The objectives of the Involuntary Resettlement Safeguard policy is to avoid involuntary resettlement wherever possible; to minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring project and design alternatives; to enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project levels; and to improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups. 74. The involuntary resettlement safeguards covers physical displacement (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and economic displacement (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas. It covers them whether such losses and involuntary restrictions are full or partial, permanent or temporary. 75. The main policy principles of the involuntary resettlement safeguard are:

Screen the project early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary resettlement impacts and risks. Determine the scope of resettlement planning through a survey and/or census of displaced persons, including a gender analysis, specifically related to resettlement impacts and risks.

Carry out meaningful consultations with affected persons, host communities, and concerned non-government organizations. Inform all displaced persons of their entitlements and resettlement options. Ensure their participation in planning, implementation, and monitoring and reporting of resettlement programs. Pay particular attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, especially those below the poverty line, the landless, the elderly, women and children, and Indigenous Peoples, and those without legal title to land, and ensure their participation in consultations. Establish a grievance redress mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of the affected persons‟ concerns. Support the social and cultural institutions of displaced persons and their host population. Where involuntary resettlement impacts and risks are highly complex and sensitive, compensation and resettlement decisions should be preceded by a social preparation phase.

Improve, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons through (i) land-based resettlement strategies when affected livelihoods are land based where possible or cash compensation at replacement value for land when the loss of land does not undermine livelihoods, (ii) prompt replacement of assets

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with access to assets of equal or higher value, (iii) prompt compensation at full replacement cost for assets that cannot be restored, and (iv) additional revenues and services through benefit sharing schemes where possible.

Provide physically and economically displaced persons with needed assistance, including the following: (i) if there is relocation, secured tenure to relocation land, better housing at resettlement sites with comparable access to employment and production opportunities, integration of resettled persons economically and socially into their host communities, and extension of project benefits to host communities; (ii) transitional support and development assistance, such as land development, credit facilities, training, or employment opportunities; and (iii) civic infrastructure and community services, as required.

Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least national minimum standards. In rural areas provide them with legal and affordable access to land and resources, and in urban areas provide them with appropriate income sources and legal and affordable access to adequate housing.

Develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and equitable manner if land acquisition is through negotiated settlement to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status.

Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of non-land assets.

Prepare a resettlement plan elaborating on displaced persons‟ entitlements, the income and livelihood restoration strategy, institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget, and time-bound implementation schedule.

Disclose a draft resettlement plan, including documentation of the consultation process in a timely manner, before project appraisal, in an accessible place and a form and language(s) understandable to affected persons and other stakeholders. Disclose the final resettlement plan and its updates to affected persons and other stakeholders.

Conceive and execute involuntary resettlement as part of a development project or program. Include the full costs of resettlement in the presentation of project‟s costs and benefits. For a project with significant involuntary resettlement impacts, consider implementing the involuntary resettlement component of the project as a stand-alone operation.

Pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement. Implement the resettlement plan under close supervision throughout project implementation.

Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports.

F. Comparison Between National and State Policies and ADB’s SPS

76. A detailed policy comparison between ADB‟s SPS, NRRP 2007, and Chhattisgarh Resettlement Policy 2007 is given in following Table 20.

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Table 20. Comparison Between State/National and ADB Policy

Sl. No.

ADB’s Involuntary Resettlement

Policy Principles

Land Acquisition

Act-1894

National Rehabilitation and

Resettlement Policy, 2007

(NRRP 2007)

Chhattisgarh Resettlement Policy, 2007

Remarks

1 Involuntary resettlement should be avoided wherever possible

LAA,1894 only gives directive for acquisition of private land in public interest and does not deal with involuntary resettlement

This principle is equally emphasized under NRRP 2007

The policy is not much clear in this regard

NRRP 2007 meets ADB IR Policy requirements

2 Minimize involuntary resettlement by exploring

project and design alternatives

This principle is not emphasized in LAA, 1894

NRRP 2007 aims to minimize displacement and to promote, as far as possible, non-displacing or least-displacing alternatives (refer Para 2.1a)

No such clear objective is outlined


3 Conducting census of displaced persons and resettlement planning

No provision Lay out procedure for census survey and resettlement plan (refer Ch-VI, Para 6 and 6.4)

No provision or procedure specified.


4 Carry out meaningful consultation with displaced persons and ensure their participation in planning, implementation and monitoring of resettlement program

There is no scope for meaningful consultation.

NRRP 2007 ensure adequate rehabilitation package and expeditious implementation of the rehabilitation process with the consultation and active participation of the affected families (refer Para 2.1b )

No provision made


5 Establish grievance redress mechanism

All dispute settled in the court of law only

Project involving involuntary resettlement needs to have Grievance redress mechanisms for affected people (refer Para 8.1.1 and Para 8.3.4)

No provision made


6 Support the social and cultural institutions of

No provision This is emphasized in the policy (refer Para 6.10, Para 7.21.6)

No provision made

NRRP 2007 meets ADB IR Policy

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Policy Principles

Land Acquisition

Act-1894



(NRRP 2007)


Remarks

displaced persons and their host population.

requirements

7 Improve or at least restore the livelihoods of all displaced persons

No provision NRRP 2007 emphasizes the same (refer Ch-VII)

The policy also emphasizes this issue

NRRP 2007 meets ADB IR Policy.

8 Land based resettlement strategy

No provision Loss of asset to be compensated to the extent of actual loss (refer Para 7.4.1)

Policy suggests preference for such initiative


9 All compensation should be based on the principle of replacement cost

As per the LAA the compensation rate is derived based on the circle rate.

The compensation award shall take into account the market value of the property being acquired (refer Para 6.22b)

The policy fixes some lump sum rate

The market value does not necessarily be same as replacement cost

10 Provide relocation assistance to displaced persons

No provision of assistance is covered under LAA.

NRRP 2007 emphasizes the same (refer Ch-VII), (refer Para 7.22.1 and Para 7.22.2)

The policy also emphasizes this issue


11 Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation for loss of non-land assets.

No provision. LAA provides eligibility only to legal title holders for compensation

NRRP 2007 also recognizes the non-titleholder families and ensure R&R benefits (refer Para 3.1.b.iii)

Recognizes only those are living in the affected area before 3 years

NRRP 2007 and State policy recognizes only affected persons residing before 3 years of declaration of affected area

12 Disclose the resettlement plan, including documentation of the consultation in an accessible place and a form and language(s) understandable to displaced persons and other stakeholders.

Under LAA there is only the provision for gazette notification.

NRRP 2007 ensure this principle (refer point 6 above) also refer Para 6.14.1, Para 6.14.3)

No provision made


13 Conceive and execute involuntary

LAA deals only with land

NRRP 2007 emphasizes to

Policy suggests for preparation of

NRRP 2007 meets ADB IR

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Sl. No.


Policy Principles

Land Acquisition

Act-1894



(NRRP 2007)


Remarks

resettlement as part of a development project or program. Include the full costs of resettlement in the presentation of project‟s costs and benefits.

acquisition and not with involuntary resettlement

integrate rehabilitation concerns into the development planning and implementation process (refer Para 2.1e)

such plan Policy requirements

14 Pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement.

No provision Full payment of compensation as well as adequate progress in resettlement shall be ensured in advance of the actual displacement of the affected families. (Refer Para 6.22)

The policy have no clarity on this front


15 Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons.

No provision The policy equally emphasizes the requirement for monitoring

The policy have no clarity on this front


G. R&R Policy Framework for the Project

77. The state laws and regulation on land acquisition and ADB‟s SPS will form the basic principles for the Project which will include the following elements:

Involuntary resettlement (IR) will be avoided or minimized as much as possible by adopting alternative engineering solutions to the Project;

Where IR is unavoidable, displaced persons (DPs) will be assisted to reestablish themselves in order to improve their the pre-project living standards;

Gender equality and equity would be ensured and adhered to;

In case of displacement, the DPs shall be fully involved in the selection of relocation sites, livelihood compensation and development of alternative livelihood options during project preparation. The resettlement plan (RP) shall also be prepared in full consultation with DP, including disclosure of RP and project related information;

Replacement land of equal quality shall be an option for compensation in the case of loss of land. In case of non-availability of replacement land, cash-for-land compensation on replacement value option will be paid to the DPs;

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Compensation for loss of land, structures, trees other assets and for loss of livelihood and income will be based on full replacement cost4 and will be paid before physical displacement of DP. This shall include transaction costs;

All compensation/assistance payments and related activities5 will be completed prior to the commencement of civil works;

RP will be prepared and implemented with complete participation of local authorities;

In the event of necessary relocation, DPs shall be assisted to integrate into host communities with all infrastructural facilities extended to the host communties as well as the displaced people;

Loss of common property resources will be replaced/compensated and community/public services will be provided to DPs;

Resettlement will be planned as a development activity for the DPs;

All DPs are entitled to receive compensation/assistance irrespective of title over land/property. However people moving in the project area after the census cut-off date will not be entitled to any compensation/assistance. In case of land acquisition the date of notification for acquisition will be treated as cut-off date. For non-titleholders such as squatters and encroachers the date of census survey or a similar designated date declared by the Executing Agency will be considered as cut-off date.

Vulnerable groups (households below the recognized poverty line; disabled, elderly persons or women headed households, Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled Castes) will be identified and given appropriate assistance to improve their pre project status or their living standards.

78. Regarding the eligibility of compensation, all DPs will be provided with compensation and rehabilitation if (i) their land is lost/reduced, (ii) income source adversely affected, (iii) houses partially or fully demolished, and (iv) other properties such as crops, trees and other assets or access to these properties are reduced or damaged due to the Project. Absence of legal documents of their customary rights of occupancy/titles shall not affect their eligibility for compensation. It also must be noted that during the Project implementation stage, if there are any changes in the alignments, thereby adversely affecting the land, livelihood or other assets of the people, the same shall be compensated in keeping with this framework. 79. The framework stipulates payment of compensation as per the assessed value of the land and structure to the DPs. In addition to compensation payments made by Land Acquisition Officer/Competent Authority, the DPs will receive additional assistance in cash or kind to match replacement costs, which is the difference between the market value and the assessed value, if any, for lost assets (land and houses), transaction costs such as stamp duties/registration costs (in case of purchase of replacement land) and other cash grants and resettlement assistance such as shifting allowance, compensation for loss of workdays/income due to dislocation. The

4 Replacement cost means the method of valuing assets to replace the loss at fair market value, or its

nearest equivalent, plus any transaction costs such as administrative charges, taxes, registration, and titling costs. 5 While compensation is required prior to dispossession or displacement of affected people from their


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vulnerable households (such as households headed by women, Scheduled Tribes/Scheduled Castes, disabled, and elderly persons) will be eligible for further cash assistance for relocation and house reconstruction and will be assisted during shifting, if required.

H. Valuation of Assets

80. The asset valuation of the acquired land and asset will be done based on the principle of compensation at the replacement value of the affected asset.

(a) Valuation of Land: For land acquisition for the project, a Land Valuation Committee (LVC) will be established at the district level. The Committee will be chaired by the District Collector or his/her representative and will have representatives of local self government institutions as required. The LVC will be responsible to make independent valuation of land/other assets based on existing market replacement value and also for completion of land acquisition on behalf of EA.

(b) Land surveys for determining the payment of compensation would be conducted

by the LVC on the basis of updated official records and ground facts. In determining the replacement value of land, the LVC will (i) appraise recent sales and transfer of title deeds and registration certificates for land in subproject area; (ii) determine whether the compensation being paid is a true reflection of replacement value of land based on compilation of appraised rates; and (iii) consider any other relevant method.

(c) Valuation of Structures: The valuation of houses, buildings and other

immovable assets will be determined on the basis of relevant Basic Schedule of Rates (BSR) as on date without depreciation. While considering the BSR rate, EA will ensure that it uses the latest BSR for the residential and commercial structures in the urban areas of the state. Compensation for properties belonging to the community or common places of worship will be provided, to enable construction of the same at new places through the local self-governing bodies/appropriate authority in accordance with the modalities determined by such bodies / authority to ensure correct use of the amount of compensation.

(d) Valuation of Crops and Trees: The valuation of crops and trees will be based

on survey of market prices in the area for different types of crops to establish an average market price and an assessment to ensure that compensation for loss of crops / trees is not lesser than that price.

81. All compensation and other assistances6 will be paid to all DPs prior to commencement of civil works. After payment of compensation, DPs would be allowed to take away the materials salvaged from their dismantled houses and shops and no charges will be levied upon them for

6 While compensation is required prior to dispossession or displacement of affected people from their


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the same. The value of salvaged materials will not be deducted from the overall compensation amount due to the DPs. A notice to that effect will be issued intimating that DPs can take away the materials. DPs receiving compensation for trees will be allowed to take away timber of their acquired trees for their domestic use. Trees standing on the land owned by the government will be disposed off through open auction by the concerned Forest Department.

I. Procedure for Land Acquisition under the Project

82. The land acquisition in this subproject context will be accordingly the Land acquisition Act (LAA) 1894, as amended in 1984. The normal process for land acquisition in the context of this subproject will be as follows:

1. All the land identified for the subproject will be placed under Section 4 of the LAA-1984 and a notification with Government‟s intension to acquire land will be issued by the District Collector (DC).

2. Objections if any must be made within 30 days to the District Collector by the landowners.

3. The land will be then placed under Section 6 of the LAA where a declaration will be made by the Government for acquisition of land for public purpose.

4. The DC will take steps for the acquisition, and the land is placed under Section 9 and notice will be issued by the DC in the name of persons interested.

5. Under Section 11, the DC will make declaration of award and disburse the compensation to the DPs.

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VI. ENTITLEMENTS, ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS

A. Introduction

83. The project will have three types of displaced persons i.e., (i) persons with formal legal rights to land lost in its entirety or in part; (ii) persons who lost the land they occupy in its entirety or in part who have no formal legal rights to such land, but who have claims to such lands that are recognized or recognizable under national laws; and (iii) persons who lost the land they occupy in its entirety or in part who have neither formal legal rights nor recognized or recognizable claims to such land. The involuntary resettlement requirements apply to all three types of displaced persons. Although the subproject does not involve land acquisition and therefore no legal titleholders will be affected, the RP describes provision for all type of DPs and formulated the entitlement matrix.

B. Cut-off-Date for Entitlement

84. In this subproject context since there is no land acquisition and ant titleholder is not affected, for non-titleholders, the cut-off date will be the beginning of the census survey which is 19 July 2012. DPs who settle in the affected areas after the cut-off date will not be eligible for compensation. The cut-off date for non-titleholders will be officially declared by the EA along with the disclosure of RP. They, however, will be given sufficient advance notice, requested to vacate premises and dismantle affected structures prior to project implementation. Their dismantled structures materials will not be confiscated and they will not pay any fine or suffer any sanction.

C. Project Entitlement

85. The entitlement provisions various categories of DPs in terms loss of house and income as per census survey are detailed below: 86. Loss of Structures Residential/Commercial/Other will be compensated at replacement value with other assistance. The details on the determination of compensation will be as (i) compensation of structure will be paid at the replacement cost to be calculated as per latest prevailing basic schedules of rates (BSR) without depreciation, (ii) shifting assistance of Rs. 10,000/-, (iii) right to salvage material from demolished structure and frontage etc, and (iv) rental assistance as per the prevalent rate in the form of grant to cover maximum three month rentals. 87. Loss of rental accommodation by the tenants will be compensated as rental assistance and shifting assistance. The details assistance will be as per (i) rental assistance for both residential & commercial tenants as per the prevalent rate in the form of grant to cover maximum three month rentals, (ii) additional structures erected by tenants will also be compensated and deducted from owner‟s compensation amount, (iii) shifting assistance up to R. 5,000/- based on type of house and household assets, (iv) any advance deposited by the tenants will be refunded from owners total compensation package to the tenant on submission of documentary evidences and (v) right to salvage material from demolished structure and frontage etc. erected by tenants.

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88. Loss of livelihood due to loss of primary source of income will be compensated through rehabilitation assistances. There are various categories of entitled persons under this category which are (i) titleholders losing income through business, (ii) non-titleholders namely squatters and vulnerable encroachers losing primary source of income, Details of entitlements for the above categories are described below:

Titleholders losing their business establishment due to displacement will be provided rehabilitation assistance through a lump sum transitional allowance of Rs. 10,000/-

89. Loss of community infrastructure/common property resources will be compensated either by cash compensation at replacement cost to the community (registered trust, society or village committee as appropriate) or reconstruction of the community structure in consultation with the affected community. 90. Additional assistance to vulnerable groups (Vulnerable households including BPL, SC, ST, WHH, disabled and elderly) will be paid with Special Assistance which will be one time lump sum assistance of Rs. 10,000/, to vulnerable households. This will be paid above and over the other assistance(s) as per this framework. This admissible assistance amount of Rs. 10,000 will not be multiplied if the household is having multiple criteria for its vulnerability. The vulnerable households will be given priority for employment as construction workers under the Project during the construction period.

91. Temporary Impacts on agricultural land due to plant site for contractor etc will be eligible for cash compensation for loss of income potential including: (i) compensation for standing crops and trees as per the market rate, (ii) restoration of land to its previous or better quality, (iii) contractor to negotiate a rental rate with the owner for temporary use of land. 92. Any unanticipated impacts due to the project will be documented and mitigated based on the spirit of the principle agreed upon in this policy framework.

D. Entitlement Matrix

93. The subproject Entitlement Matrix (Table 21) lists various types of losses, eligibility and entitlements based on the specific project impacts.

Table 21. Entitlement Matrix Type of Loss Identification of

Affected Households Entitlement Details

A: LOSS OF LAND

1. Temporarily affected agricultural land due to plant site for contractor etc

Owner/ Titleholder/ traditional rights of the affected plot

Cash compensation for loss of income potential

a) Compensation for standing crops and trees as per the market rate

b) Restoration of land to its previous or better quality

c) Contractor to negotiate a rental rate with the owner for temporary use of land.

B: LOSS OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL & OTHER STRUCTURES

2. Loss of frontage, residential and

Titleholder of affected structure

Compensation at replacement cost

a) Reconstruction cost (without depreciation) for lost frontage/structure; affected person shall be allowed to take salvaged material

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Type of Loss Identification of Affected Households

Entitlement Details

commercial structures

from the demolished structure at no costs. b) A lump sum transfer grant of an amount of

Rs.10,0007 for shifting household assets

and other belonging to relocation sites. c) Rental assistance as per the prevalent rate

in the form of grant to cover maximum three months‟ rental accommodation

Tenants Assistance lump sum

a) Rental assistance for both residential and commercial tenants as per the prevalent rate in the form of grant to cover maximum three months‟ rental accommodation.

b) Shifting allowance of Rs.2,000 to Rs.5,000 based on type of house and household assets.

c) Additional structures erected by tenants will also be compensated and deducted from owner‟s compensation amount,

d) Any advance deposited by the tenants will be refunded from owners‟ total compensation package to the tenant on submission of documentary evidences.

C: LOSS OF LIVELIHOOD SOURCE

3. Loss of primary source of income

Titleholders losing income through business

Transitional assistance

a) Title holders losing their business establishment due to displacement will be provided with a lump sum resettlement/ transitional allowance of Rs. 10,000

8.

Non-titleholders namely squatters and encroachers losing primary source of income

Training Assistance for income restoration

a) Training would be provided for upgrade of skills/ alternate skills at Rs. 5,000 per eligible person(s) to the affected households belonging to vulnerable groups and losing their income or for those losing significant income as a result of the loss and becoming vulnerable.

D: LOSSES OF NON-TITLEHOLDERS

4 Structures within ROW

Encroachers No compensation for land but assistance for assets to vulnerable groups

a) Encroachers will be notified a time in which to remove their assets to be affected.

b) Right to salvage material from demolished structure at no cost.

c) Compensation for affected structures at replacement value to the vulnerable

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households.

5 Structures within ROW

Squatters and informal settlers

No compensation for land but compensation for structure at replacement cost and other assistance

a) Squatters will be notified of a time in which to remove their assets that will be affected.

b) Right to salvage material from demolished structure at no cost.

c) Compensation for loss of structure at replacement cost to be paid by the Project.

d) A lump sum transfer grant of an amount of Rs.2,000 to Rs.5,000 (based on type of structures) for shifting households‟ assets and other belonging to the new area.

7 As required by NRRP, 2007.

8 This rate has been fixed based on the estimates of average income for a period of three months.

9 The groups of population are considered socially „vulnerable’ comprise of (a) those who are below the

poverty line (BPL); (b) those who belong to scheduled castes (SC) scheduled tribes (ST); (c) female-headed households (FHH); (d) elderly (above 65 years) and (e) disabled persons.

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Type of Loss Identification of Affected Households

Entitlement Details

E: LOSS OF COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCES

6. Loss of Common Property Resources

Affected community/Institution responsible

Cash compensation/ reconstruction

a) Cash compensation at replacement value or reconstruction of the community structure in consultation with the community

F: REHABILITATION MEASURES

7. Additional assistance to vulnerable groups

Households categorized as vulnerable (BPL households, female-headed households, SC/STs, disabled/elderly)

Lump sum assistance

a) Additional lump sum assistance of Rs.10,000 per household to vulnerable groups such as – female headed households, households with disabled family members, households below poverty line, scheduled tribe and scheduled caste households, elderly persons etc.

b) Provide priority to vulnerable groups for employment as construction workers under the Project during the construction period.

8. Any unanticipated adverse impact due to project intervention

Any unanticipated consequence of the project will be documented and mitigated based on the spirit of the principles agreed upon in this policy framework.

94. All compensation and other assistances10 will be paid to all DPs prior to commencement of civil works. After payment of compensation, DPs would be allowed to take away the materials salvaged from their dismantled houses and shops and no charges will be levied upon them for the same. The value of salvaged materials will not be deducted from the overall compensation amount due to the DPs. A notice to that effect will be issued intimating that DPs can take away the materials.

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While compensation is required prior to dispossession or displacement of affected people from their assets, the full resettlement plan implementation, which may require income rehabilitation measures, might be completed only over a longer period of time after civil works have begun. Displaced people will be provided with certain resettlement entitlements, such as land and asset compensation and transfer allowances, prior to their displacement, dispossession, or restricted access.

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VII. RELOCATION OF HOUSING AND SETTLEMENTS

A. Basic Provision for Relocation

95. The EA will provide adequate and appropriate cash compensation at full replacement cost for lost structures, adequate compensation for partially damaged structures, and relocation assistance, according to the Entitlement Matrix. The EA will compensate to the non-title holders for the loss of assets other than land, such as dwellings, and also for other improvements to the land, at full replacement cost. The entitlements to the non-titleholders will be given only if they occupied the land or structures in the project area prior to the cut-off date. In the case of physically displaced persons, the EA will provide:

(i) relocation assistance, (ii) transitional support and development assistance, and (iii) opportunities to derive appropriate development benefits from the project such as

direct employment, engagement as petty contractor, supplying raw materials etc.

B. Need for Relocation

96. Despite being a liner project and efforts made to minimize the resettlement impacts, due to presence of residential and commercial squatters, some physical displacement will arise and need relocation in the subproject. Efforts are made through various provisions in this resettlement plan to mitigate negative social impacts caused up on displaced persons and communities by supporting relocation of affected households and by restoration of pre-project levels of income. 97. In case of residential loss there are only four households (squatters) needs to be shifted from their current places of residences and in case of commercial loss there are seven households (squatters) needs relocation of their business. Some of these squatters losing residence or business have their own land elsewhere and due to good access facility and business opportunity, either residing or doing business within the project ROW. The DPs needs relocation are scattered in a stretch of 110 kilometers and developing a relocation site for them is not feasible. Many DPs prefer self relocation and opted for cash compensation as discussed in the following sections.

C. Relocation Option by DPs

98. To understand and know the relocation options, DPs were consulted during the census survey and out of 155 households losing structures, 146 (94%) households have opted for self relocation. There are only nine households opted for a structure against their structure loss or preferred the project assisted relocation option. Details of relocation options by DPs are given in Table 22.

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Table 22. Relocation Option by DPs

Sl. No. Relocation Options No. of Households

1 Self Relocation 146 2 Relocation by the Project 9

Total 155 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

D. Compensation Option by DPs

99. The choice of DPs is further supported by their compensation option as there are 92% DPs opted for cash compensation against loss of their structure. Only 12 households preferred their structures to be replaced with same nature of structure by the project authority. The compensation options by DPs are summarized in the Table 23.

Table 23. Compensation Option by DPs

Sl. No. Relocation Options No. of Households

1 Cash Compensation 143 2 Structure for Structure Loss 12

Total 155 Source: Census Survey, Chhattisgarh- II Project, 2012

E. Relocation Strategy

100. With the scattered nature of resettlement impacts i.e. 11 structures spread over more than 100 kilometres and two districts, it will be difficult and not feasible to provide resettlement colony with all amenities. During the focused group discussion, while discussing about relocation options people were very much in favour of resettlement within the village to avoid disruption of community life and problem with host community. Therefore cash compensation at market rate as more practical solution in this case is suggested for loss of structures. 101. All the structures affected in the subproject as per provisions made entitlement matrix will be entitled for the following:

(i) Compensation of structure will be paid at the replacement cost to be calculated as per latest prevailing basic schedules of rates (BSR) without depreciation,

(ii) Shifting assistance to all structures each at @ of Rs. 10,000 per structure, (iii) Right to salvage material from demolished structure and frontage etc, and (iv) Rental assistance as per the prevalent rate in the form of grant to cover

maximum three month rentals. 102. To help the DPs losing structures in getting all above entitlements and relocating themselves, following relocation strategy will be adopted in the subproject:

a) All compensation will be paid and other resettlement entitlements will be provided before physical displacement.

b) At least one month advance notice before demolition of structure.

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c) Their dismantled structures materials will not be confiscated and they will not pay any fine or suffer any sanction.

d) The NGO engaged for RP implementation will assist DPs during verification of assets and will provide necessary counseling on payment of compensation and assistance.

e) The NGO will assist the project authorities in ensuring a smooth transition (during the part or full relocation of the DPs), helping the DPs to take salvaged materials and shift.

f) In close consultation with the DPs, the NGO will fix the shifting dates agreed with the DPs in writing and the arrangements desired by the DPs with respect to their entitlements.

g) In case of self relocation also, the NGO will assist the DPs in finding alternative land within the village if so desired by the DPs in consultation with village committee and other beneficiaries in the villages.

h) The NGO will assist the APs to get benefits from Indira Aawas Yojana (IAY) and various Credit-cum-Subsidy Scheme for Rural Housing (CSRH)

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VIII. INCOME RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION

A. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject

103. The subproject impacts reveals that due to loss commercial structures some of the DPs losing their livelihoods and getting economically displaced. As per the findings of census survey, 95 owners of commercial structures, one owner of residential-cum-commercial structure and four commercial tenants losing their livelihood due to the subproject. The details of impact on livelihoods in the subproject are summarized in the Table 24.

Table 24. Loss of Livelihoods in the Subproject

Sl. No. Loss Households %

5 Owners of Commercial Structure 95 95.19 6 Owners of Residential cum Commercial Structure 1 0.96 7 Commercial Tenants 4 3.85


B. Provisions for Loss of Livelihood

104. The DPs losing their livelihoods includes DPs having commercial structures and employees of the affected structures. In the case of economically displaced persons, regardless of whether or not they are physically displaced, the EA will promptly compensate for the loss of income or livelihood sources at full replacement cost. The EA will also provide assistance such as credit facilities, training, and employment opportunities so that they can improve, or at least restore, their income-earning capacity, production levels, and standards of living to pre-displacement levels. 105. Business owners with legal rights or recognized or recognizable claims to land where they carry out commercial activities are entitled to replacement property of equal or greater value or cash compensation at full replacement cost. The EA will ensure that no physical displacement or economic displacement will occur until:

(i) compensation at full replacement cost has been paid to each displaced person for project components or sections that are ready to be constructed;

(ii) other entitlements listed in the resettlement plan have been provided to displaced persons; and

(iii) a comprehensive income and livelihood rehabilitation program, supported by an adequate budget, is in place to help displaced persons improve, or at least restore, their incomes and livelihoods.

C. Income Restoration Measures

106. The entitlement proposed for the subproject has adequate provisions for restoration of livelihood of the affected communities. The focus of restoration of livelihoods is to ensure that the DPs are able to at least regain their previous living standards. To restore and enhance the

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economic conditions of the DPs, certain income generation and income restoration programs are incorporated in the RP. To begin with providing employment to the local people during the construction phase will enable them to benefit from the project, reduce the size of intrusive work forces and keep more of the resources spent on the project in the local economy. It will also give the local communities a greater stake and sense of ownership in the project. 107. Among specific rehabilitation measures, capacity buildings of all the economically displaced persons will be carried out by the project authority. The NGO to be engaged for implementation of RP will carry out assessment and prepare micro plan for rehabilitation of DPs. The NGO will make the training need assessment and will impart training to the eligible DPs for income restoration and skill up-gradation as necessary. The EA will also provide opportunities to displaced persons to derive appropriate development benefits from the project. The vulnerable DPs will be given preference in availing employment opportunities in subproject construction work. The women headed households also will be taken care of in a case to case basis and the NGO will help them in forming Self help Groups (SHGs), establish linkages to available credit facilities, special trainings, and linking them with ongoing govt. schemes. Budget for training in terms of assistance is provided to DPs losing livelihoods and the NGO will either organize training programs or link the DPs to various ongoing training schemes. Fund for training is provided in the R&R budget keeping in view the average expenditure for ongoing training programs in the project area.

D. Additional Support from Ongoing Poverty Reduction Programs

108. In addition to project-sponsored programs, the implementing NGO will play a proactive role to mobilize DPs to get benefits from various government schemes and ensure their accessibility particularly of vulnerable groups. In India, panchayat government systems at the village, block and district/zilla levels are now responsible for planning and implementation of all anti-poverty programs funded by the central and state governments. The implementing NGO will work with the panchayat governments to make available to the DPs benefits of some of the ongoing pro-poor programs for poverty reduction.

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IX. RESETTLEMENT BUDGET AND FINANCING PLAN

A. Introduction

109. The resettlement cost estimate for this subproject includes eligible compensation, resettlement assistance and support cost for RP implementation. The support cost, which includes staffing requirement, monitoring and reporting, involvement of NGO in project implementation and other administrative expenses are part of the overall project cost. Contingency provisions have also been made to take into account variations from this estimate. Some of the major items of this R&R cost estimate are outlined below:

compensation for structures (residential/ commercial) and other immovable assets at their replacement cost

Assistance in lieu of the loss of business/ wage income/ employment and livelihood

Assistance for shifting of the structures

Resettlement and Rehabilitation Assistance in the form of Training allowance

Special assistance to vulnerable groups for their livelihood restoration

Cost for implementation of RP.

B. Compensation

110. Residential/ Commercial and other structures: The compensation cost of structures are arrived at by assessment of market value, consultation with APs during census survey which meets the replacement cost of the structures. The average rate for permanent structures without land has been calculated at Rs. 5,500/m2, semi-permanent structures have been calculated at Rs. 3,500/m2, and temporary structures have been calculated at the rate of Rs. 1,500/m2.

C. Assistance

111. Shifting allowance to non-titleholders: Shifting allowance will be provided to all the affected households losing structures and tenants. The unit cost has been derived on a lump sum basis of Rs. 5000/-. 112. Rental Assistance: Rental assistance to titleholder (structures) and tenants in structures will be provided in the form of grants to cover maximum three months rentals at Rs. 2,000 per month. 113. Training Assistance for Income Restoration: Training would be provided for upgrade of skills/ alternate skills at Rs. 5,000 per eligible person(s) to the affected households belonging to vulnerable encroachers and squatters losing their income or for those losing significant income as a result of the loss and becoming vulnerable.

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114. Assistance to Vulnerable Households: One time lump sum assistance of Rs. 10,000 will be paid to each vulnerable households. (This will be paid above and over the other assistance(s) as per the entitlement matrix).

D. Compensation for Community and Government Property

115. Religious and Community Structure: The unit cost for religious and community land is calculated as per market value in consultation with APs. The average rate for permanent structures without land has been calculated at Rs. 5,500/m2, semi-permanent structures have been calculated at Rs. 3,500/m2, and temporary structures have been calculated at the rate of Rs. 1,500/m2.

E. RP Implementation and Support Cost

116. The unit cost for hiring of the implementing NGO has been calculated on a lump sum basis for Rs. 10,00,000. This is based on the similar earlier project experiences and informal consultation and feedback received from the local staff and keeping in consideration one year duration of NGO‟s involvement. Costs will be updated during implementation. A 10% contingency has been added in order to adjust any escalation. For grievance redress process and carrying out consultation during project implementation a lump sum of Rs. 250,000 is provided. The other cost of RP implementation and administrative activities will be a part of existing departmental expenditure. For hiring of an external monitoring agency/expert a lump sum Rs. 400,000 has been made.

F. Source of Funding and Fund Flow Management

117. The cost related to land acquisition and resettlement will be borne by the EA. The EA will ensure allocation of funds and availability of resources for smooth implementation of the subproject R&R activities. The EA will, in advance, initiate the process and will try to keep the approval for the R&R budget in the fiscal budget through the ministry of finance. In the case of assistance and other rehabilitation measures, the EA will directly pay the money or any other assistance as stated in the RP to DPs. The implementing NGO will be involved in facilitating the disbursement process and rehabilitation program.

G. R&R Budget

118. The total R&R budget for the proposed subproject RP works out to Rs. 8.47 million. A detailed indicative R&R cost is given in Table 25.

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Table 25. R&R Budget

S. N. Item Unit Rate Amount

A Compensation for Structure in Sq. mtr. Rupees 1 Compensation for Permanent Structure 207.00 5500 1138500

2 Compensation for Semi-Permanent Structure 198.25 3500 693875

3 Compensation for Temporary Structure 1291.40 1500 1937100 Subtotal A 3769475

B Assistance Number 1 Shifting Assistance to Squatters 130 Rs. 5,000 650000

2 Training Assistance for eligible households 87 Rs. 5,000 435000

3 Shifting Assistance to Tenants 4 Rs. 5,000 20000 4 Rental Assistance to Tenants 4 3 months X Rs. 2,000 24000 5 Assistance to Vulnerable Households 116 Rs. 10000 1160000 Subtotal B 2289000

C RP Implementation Support Cost Number 1 Hiring of NGO for RP Implementation 1 Rs. 1000000 1000000 2 Grievance Redressal and consultation

Cost lump sum Rs. 2,50,000 250000 3 Hiring External Monitoring

Agency/Expert 1 Rs. 4,00,000 400000 Subtotal C 1650000

Total (A+B+C) 7708475

Contingency (10%) 770847

GRAND TOTAL 8479322

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X. GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL MECHANISM

A. Introduction

119. In the subproject RP implementation there is a need for an efficient grievance redressal mechanism that will assist the DPs in resolving their queries and complaints. Therefore, formation of Grievance Redressal Committee (GRC) will be most important for grievance redressal and it is anticipated that most, if not all grievances, would be settled by the GRC.

B. Grievance Redress Mechanism

120. The EA will establish a mechanism to receive and facilitate the resolution of displaced persons‟ concerns and grievances about physical and economic displacement and other project impacts, paying particular attention to the impacts on vulnerable groups. The grievance redress mechanism will address affected persons‟ concerns and complaints promptly, using an understandable and transparent process that is gender responsive, culturally appropriate, and readily accessible to the displaced persons at no costs and without retribution.

C. Constitution and Function of the GRC

121. The GRC will be established at the district level with the primary objective of providing a mechanism to mediate conflict and cut down on lengthy litigation. It will also provide people, who might have objections or concerns about their assistance, a public forum to raise their objections and through conflict resolution, address these issues adequately. The GRCs will continue to function, for the benefit of the APs, during the entire life of the subproject. 122. The GRC will be headed by the District Collector (DC) or his designated representative. The GRC will have representative from the ADB-PIU field office, representatives of APs, particularly of vulnerable DPs, local government representatives, representative of local NGOs and other interest groups as felt necessary. The GRC will meet at least once in each 15 days. Other than disputes relating to ownership rights under the court of law, GRC will review grievances involving all resettlement benefits, compensation, relocation, and other assistance. All costs incurred in resolving the complaints will be borne by the project. A comprehensive record will be maintained by EA for all grievance proceedings and subsequent redress. Some of the specific functions of the GRC will be as following:

To provide support for the DPs on problems arising out of land/property acquisition like award of compensation and value of assets;

To record the grievances of the APs, categorize and prioritize the grievances that needs to be resolved by the Committee and solve them within a month;

To inform PIU of serious cases within an appropriate time frame; and To report to the aggrieved parties about the development regarding their grievance

and decision of PIU.

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D. Operational Mechanisms of GRC

123. It is proposed that GRC will meet regularly (at least twice in a month) on a pre-fixed date. The committee will look into the grievances of the people and will assign the responsibilities to implement the decisions of the committee. The claims will be reviewed and resolved within 15 days from the date of submission to the committee. All Grievance will be routed through the NGO to the GRC. Through public consultations, the APs will be informed that they have a right to grievance redress. The APs can call upon the support of the NGO to assist them in presenting their grievances or queries to the GRC .The NGO will act as an in-built grievance redress body. The NGO will first of all register the grievances and take up with VLC for redress and any grievances not redressed at VLC level will be dealt in by the GRC. Grievances will be redressed within two to four weeks from the date of lodging the complaints, depending on severity of problem. The APs, who would not be satisfied with the decision of the GRC, will have the right to take the grievance to the ADB-PIU Head Office for its redress. Failing the redressal of grievance at ADB-PIU. However an aggrieved person should have access to the country's judiciary at any stage of the project level grievance redress process. Taking grievances to Judiciary will be avoided as far possible and the NGO will make utmost efforts at reconciliation at the level of GRC. Figure 3 illustrate the functioning of GRC.

Figure 3. Functioning of GRC

PAPs

Grievance

Compensation

Assistance

NGO

GRC

DLC

Arbitration

CA

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GRC

DLC

Arbitration

Redressed

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Not Redressed

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XI. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT

A. Institutional Requirement

124. For implementation of RP there will be a set of institutions involve at various levels and stages of the project. For successful implementation of the RP the proposed institutional arrangement with their role and responsibility has been outlined in this section. The primary institutions, who will be involved in this implementation process, are the following:

Chhattisgarh Public Works Department (CGPWD), Government of Chhattisgarh ADB-Project Implementation Unit (ADB-PIU) ADB-PIU Field Office Non Government Organization (NGO)

B. Executing Agency

125. The Executing Agency (EA) for the Project is CGPWD, Government of Chhattisgarh. The existing CGPWD has already established an ADB-Project Implementation Unit (ADB-PIU) headed by a Project Director (PD). This office will be functional for the whole Project duration. The EA, headed by PD will have overall responsibility for implementation of loan and will also be responsible for the overall coordination among ADB, Government of Chhattisgarh and ADB-PIU Field Offices.

C. Resettlement Management at ADB-PIU

126. For resettlement activities, ADB-PIU will do the overall coordination, planning, implementation, and financing. The ADB-PIU will create a Social and Resettlement Unit (SRU) within itself with appointment of a Resettlement Officer (RO) at the rank of Executive Engineer (EE) and required support staff for the duration of the Project to ensure timely and effective planning and implementation of resettlement activities. The candidate to be appointed as RO is desired to have similar earlier experience in resettlement and social development planning and implementation. The RO will be assisted by the respective ADB-PIU Field Offices and NGO for planning and implementation of resettlement activities in the project. Some of the specific functions of the ADB-PIU in regards to resettlement management will include:

Overall responsibility of implementation and monitoring of R&R activities in the Project;

Ensure availability of budget for R&R activities; Liaison lined agencies support implementation of R&R; Selection and appointment of the NGOs. Coordinating with line Departments, ADB-PIU Field Offices, implementing NGO

and Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC)

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D. Resettlement Management at ADB-PIU Field Office

127. ADB-PIU Field Office will be established at district/subproject level for the implementation of sub-project resettlement activities. ADB-PIU Field Office, will appoint/ designate an Assistant Resettlement Officer (ARO) in the rank of Assistant Engineer (AE) who will either be deputed to the PIU or engaged on contractual basis having adequate land acquisition implementation/resettlement experience. The staffs at the ADB-PIU Field Office level will be provided with the training by the social/ resettlement specialist of the supervision consultant for implementation of the RP. The ADB-PIU Field Office will maintain all databases, work closely with APs and other stakeholders and monitor the day today resettlement activities. Some of the specific tasks to be performed by ADB-PIU Field Office include:

Translation of RP in local language; Liaison with district administration for dovetailing government‟s income generating

and developmental programs for the DPs; Ensure the inclusion of those DPs who may have not been covered during the

census survey; facilitate the opening of accounts in local banks to transfer assistance to DPs, and

organize the disbursement of cheque for assistance in the affected area in public; Monitor physical and financial progress on land acquisition and R&R activities; Participate in regular meetings in GRC; and Organize monthly meetings with the NGO to review the progress on R&R.

E. Nongovernment Organization (NGO)

128. Involuntary resettlement is a sensitive issue and strong experience in R&R matters along with community related skills will be required by the ADB-PIU Field Office in order to build a good rapport with the affected community and facilitate satisfactory R&R of the DPs. To overcome this deficiency, experienced and well-qualified NGO in this field will be engaged to assist the ADB-PIU Field Office in the implementation of the RP. The NGO would play the role of a facilitator and will work as a link between the PIU and the affected community. NGO will assist AP in income restoration by preparing micro plan and guiding to access into various ongoing government development schemes and agencies providing financial assistance and loan. Taking into account the significant role of the NGO in RP implementation, it is extremely important to select NGO that are capable, genuine and committed to the tasks assigned in order to ensure the success of the Plan. The Terms of Reference for the NGO is appended as Appendix5. 129. The roles and responsibilities of various agencies to be involved in resettlement planning process and implementation of resettlement activities are summarized in Table 26.

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Table 26. Agencies Responsible for Resettlement Implementation

Activity Agency Responsible

Establishment of Social and Resettlement Unit in ADB-PIU and appointment of Resettlement Officer (RO)

ADB-PIU

Organizing resettlement training workshop ADB-PIU Social Assessment and Preparation of land acquisition plan, Resettlement Plan (RP)

ADB-PIU through Design Consultant

Hiring of (Non Government Organization) NGOs ADB-PIU Public consultation and disclosure of RP ADB-PIU Field Office / Design

Consultant/NGO Co-ordination with district administration for land acquisition ADB-PIU Field Office / Design

Consultant Declaration of cut-off date ADB-PIU/ ADB-PIU Field

Office Review and obtaining of approval of resettlement plan form ADB

ADB-PIU

Payment of replacement cost and allowance ADB-PIU Field Office

Notify the date of commencement of construction to APs ADB-PIU Field Office /NGO Assistance in relocation, particularly for vulnerable groups ADB-PIU Field Office / NGO Monitoring of RP Implementation ADB-PIU Field Office /NGO External Monitoring External Monitoring Expert

130. An organogram for the institutional arrangement is presented below in Figure 4.

Figure 4. Organogram for the Institutional Arrangement

CGPWD

ADB-PIU

Resettlement Officer

Design Consultant Resettlement Specialist

ADB-PIU (Field Office)

Assistant Resettlement Officer Supervision Consultant

Resettlement Specialist

NGO

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F. Capacity Building on RP in the EA

131. Close consultations were held with all the concerned departments to have an initial level of capacity assessment and capacity building exercise in the relevant agencies during the preparation of this RP. The CGPWD has already established an ADB-PIU and needs appointment of a designated officials dealing with the land acquisition and resettlement for the project. 132. To allow an effective execution of all RP related tasks some expansion of the capacity on RP currently available at EA may be needed. During the first ADB supported project, the EA has only designated one Executive engineer as Resettlement Officer at HQ level. Keeping in view the current resettlement impacts and activities, it is suggested that a full time Officer as RO will be placed at ADB-PIU level. Additionally it is suggested that at field level PIU an Assistant Engineer level officer will be designated as ARO for subproject level RP implementation. As an advance action, the EA has initiated the process of deputing and RO from other relevant departments.

133. All concerned staff both at head office and field level involved in land acquisition and resettlement activities will undergo an orientation and training in ADB resettlement policy and management. Broadly, the training will cover various topics such as (i) Principles and procedures of land acquisition; (ii) Public consultation and participation; (iii) Entitlements and compensation & assistance disbursement mechanisms; Grievance redress; and (iv) Monitoring of resettlement operations. These will be covered through a formal workshop by the consultant under the ongoing technical assistance program. In addition the R&R expert under Construction Supervision Consultant can also impart training to the field office staff during the project implementation if required. The specific components under the training will cover the following:

Understanding of the ADB Policy Guidelines and requirements and differences between country policy and laws

Understanding of the policy and procedure adopted for the Project Understanding of the Implementation Schedule activities step-by-step Understanding of the Monitoring and reporting mechanism Understanding of the economic rehabilitation measures

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XII. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE

A. Introduction

134. Implementation of RP mainly consists of compensation to be paid for affected structures and rehabilitation and resettlement activities. The time for implementation of resettlement plan will be scheduled as per the overall project implementation. All activities related to the land acquisition and resettlement must be planned to ensure that compensation is paid prior to displacement and commencement of civil works. Public consultation, monitoring and grievance redress will be undertaken intermittently throughout the project duration. However, the schedule is subject to modification depending on the progress of the project activities. The civil works contract for each subproject will only be awarded after all compensation and relocation has been completed for subproject and rehabilitation measures are in place.

B. Schedule for Project Implementation

135. The proposed subproject R&R activities are divided in to three broad categories based on the stages of work and process of implementation. The details of activities involved in these three phases-Project Preparation phase, RP Implementation phase, Monitoring and Reporting period are discussed in the following paragraphs.

C. Project Preparation Phase

136. The major activities to be performed in this period include establishment of ADB-PIU Field Office at subproject level; submission of RP for ADB approval; appointment of NGO and establishment of GRC etc. The information campaign and community consultation will be a process initiated from this stage and will go on till the end of the project.

D. RP Implementation Phase

137. After the project preparation phase the next stage is implementation of RP which includes issues like compensation of award by EA; payment of all eligible assistance; relocation of DPs; initiation of economic rehabilitation measures; site preparation for delivering the site to contractors for construction and finally starting civil work.

E. Monitoring and Reporting Period

138. As mentioned earlier the monitoring will be the responsibility of ADB-PIU, ADB-PIU Field Office and implementing NGO and will start early during the project when implementation of RP starts and will continue till the complementation of the subproject. Keeping in view the significant involuntary resettlement impacts, an external monitoring and reporting expert will be hired for the subproject.

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F. R&R Implementation Schedule

139. A composite implementation schedule for R&R activities in the subproject including various sub tasks and time line matching with civil work schedule is prepared and presented in the form of Table 27. However, the sequence may change or delays may occur due to circumstances beyond the control of the Project and accordingly the time can be adjusted for the implementation of the plan. The implementation schedule can also be structured through package wise. The entire stretch can be divided in to various contract packages and the completion of resettlement implementation for each contract package shall be the pre condition to start of the civil work at that particular contract package.

Table 27. R&R Implementation Schedule

Activity

Progress (Year/Quarter)

2012 2013

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Project Preparation Stage

Screen sub-project impact

Public Consultation on alignment

Carry out Census Survey

Prepare Resettlement Plan (RP)

RP Implementation Stage

Hiring of NGOs for RP Implementation

Obtaining approval of RP from ADB

Disclosure of RP

Public consultation

Grievance Redressal

Payment of compensation

Notify the date of start of construction to DPs

Rehabilitation of DPs

Monitoring and Reporting Period

Monitoring and reporting by ADB-PIU

Hiring Construction Supervision Consultant

External Monitoring and reporting

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XIII. MONITORING AND REPORTING

A. Need for Monitoring and Reporting

140. Monitoring and reporting are critical activities in involuntary resettlement management in order to ameliorate problems faced by the DPs and develop solutions immediately. Monitoring is a periodic assessment of planned activities providing midway inputs. It facilitates change and gives necessary feedback of activities and the directions on which they are going. In other words, monitoring apparatus is crucial mechanism for measuring project performance and fulfillment of the project objectives.

B. Monitoring in the Project

141. RP implementation for the subproject will be closely monitored by the EA through NGO and will be at the helm of all activities related to the RP implementation. Keeping in view the significance of resettlement impacts, the monitoring mechanism for this project will have both monitoring by PIU and monitoring by an external expert.

C. Monitoring by PIU

142. One of the main roles of ADB-PIU Field Office will be to see proper and timely implementation of all activities in RP. Monitoring will be a regular activity for ADB-PIU and Resettlement Officer at this level will see the timely implementation of R&R activities. Monitoring will be carried out by the PIU and its agents, such as NGOs and will prepare monthly reports on the progress of RP Implementation. PIU will collect information from the project site and assimilate in the form of monthly report to assess the progress and results of RP implementation and adjust work program where necessary, in case of delays or any implementation problems as identified. This monitoring will form parts of regular activity and reporting on this will be extremely important in order to undertake mid-way corrective steps. The monitoring by PIU will include:

(i) administrative monitoring: daily planning, implementation, feedback and trouble shooting, individual DP database maintenance, and progress reports;

(ii) socio-economic monitoring: case studies, using baseline information for comparing DP socio-economic conditions, evacuation, demolition, salvaging materials, morbidity and mortality, community relationships, dates for consultations, and number of appeals placed; and

(iii) impact monitoring: Income standards restored/improved, and socioeconomic conditions of the affected persons. Monitoring reports documenting progress on resettlement implementation and RP completion reports will be provided by the ADB-PIU Field Office to ADB-PIU for review and approval from ADB.

D. External Monitoring

143. The monitoring of RP will be undertaken by an external agency/R&R expert to be hired under by EA in agreement with ADB. The main objective of this monitoring is to supervise

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overall monitoring of the subproject and submit a biannual report to determine whether resettlement goals have been achieved, more importantly whether livelihoods and living standards have been restored/ enhanced and suggest suitable recommendations for improvement. The external monitoring consultant will be selected within three months of loan approval and the monitoring will be carried out intermittently during the RP implementation. A sample ToR for External monitoring agency/expert is attached as Appendix6. The key tasks during external monitoring will include:

Review and verify the monitoring reports prepared by ADB-PIU; Review of socio-economic baseline census information of pre-displaced persons; Identification and selection of impact indicators; Impact assessment through formal and informal surveys with the displaced

persons; Consultation with APs, officials, community leaders for preparing review report; Assess the resettlement efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability,

drawing lessons for future resettlement policy formulation and planning. 144. The following should be considered as the basis for indicators in monitoring of the project:

a) socio-economic conditions of the DPs in the post-resettlement period; b) communication and reactions from DPs on entitlements, compensation, options,

alternative developments and relocation timetables etc.; c) changes in housing and income levels; d) rehabilitation of informal settlers; e) valuation of property; f) grievance procedures; g) disbursement of compensation; and h) level of satisfaction of DPs in the post resettlement period.

E. Stages of Monitoring

145. Considering the importance of the various stage of project cycle, the EA will handle the monitoring at each stage as stated below:

F. Preparatory Stage

146. During the pre-relocation phase of resettlement operation, monitoring is concerned with administrative issues such as, establishment of resettlement unit, budget, land acquisition, consultation with APs in the preparation of resettlement plan, payments of entitlement due, grievance redressal, and so on. The key issue for monitoring will be:

Conduct of baseline survey Consultations Identification of AP and the numbers Identification of different categories of DPs and their entitlements Collection of gender disaggregated data Inventory and losses survey

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Asset inventory Entitlements Valuation of different assets Budgeting Information dissemination Institutional arrangements Implementation schedule review, budgets and line items expenditure

G. Relocation Stage

147. Monitoring during the relocation phase covers such issues as site selection in consultation with APs, development of relocation sites, assistance to DPs (especially to vulnerable groups) in physically moving to the new site. Likewise aspects such as adjustment of DPs in the new surroundings, attitude of the host population towards the new comers and development of community life are also considered at this stage. The key issue for monitoring will be:

Payment of compensation Delivery of entitlement Grievance handling Preparation of resettlement site, including civic amenities (water, sanitation,

drainage, paved streets, electricity) Consultations Relocation Payment of compensation Livelihood restoration assistance and measures

H. Rehabilitation Stage

148. Once DPs have settled down at the new sites, the focus of monitoring will shift to issues of economic recovery programs including income restoration measures, acceptance of these schemes by DPs, impact of income restoration measures on living standards, and the sustainability of the new livelihood patterns. The key issue for monitoring will be:

Initiation of income generation activities Provision of basic civic amenities and essential facilities in the relocated area Consultations Assistance to enhance livelihood and quality of life

I. Monitoring Indicators

149. The most crucial components/indicators to be monitored are specific contents of the activities and entitlement matrix. The RP contains indicators and benchmarks for achievement of the objectives under the resettlement program. These indicators and benchmarks are of three kinds:

Process indicators including project inputs, expenditures, staff deployment, etc.

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Output indicators indicating results in terms of numbers of affected people compensated and resettled, training held, credit disbursed, etc and

Impact indicators related to the longer-term effect of the project on people's lives. 150. Input and output indicators related to physical progress of the work will include items as following:

training of PIU staff completed Public meetings held Census, assets inventories, assessments and socio-economic studies completed NGO recruited and trained Meetings of GRC Grievance redress procedures in-place and functioning Compensation payments disbursed Relocation of DPs completed Employment provided to DPs Training of DPs initiated Income restoration activities initiated Number of families physically displaced and resettled Monitoring reports submitted

J. Reporting Requirements

151. ADB-PIU Field Office responsible for supervision and implementation of the RP will prepare monthly progress reports on resettlement activities and submit to ADB-PIU. ADB-PIU will submit semi-annual reports to ADB. 152. The external monitoring expert responsible for monitoring of the RP implementation will submit a semi-annual review report to ADB-PIU to determine whether resettlement goals have been achieved, more importantly whether livelihoods and living standards have been restored/ enhanced and suggest suitable recommendations for improvement. 153. All the resettlement monitoring reports will be disclosed to APs as per procedure followed for disclosure of resettlement documents by the EA. The monitoring reports will also be disclosed on ADB Website.

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CENSUS SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

A. Subproject Road Name: ............................................B. Questionnaire No: …….………….

C. Name of the Village: ……..…………………… D. Name of Block: …………….………….

E. District: ………………………. F. Thana No: ……………..G. Plot No. ...........................

H. Km/Chainage. ………………..….

1. Ownership of the Land

1. Private 2. Government 3. Religious 4. Community 5. Others

2. Type of Land

1. Irrigated 2. Non-Irrigated 3. Barren 4. Forest 5. Other…………..

3. Use of Land

1.Cultivation 2. Orchard 3. Residential 4. Commercial

5. Forestation 6. No Use/ Barren 7. Other (specify) …………………..…..

4. Affected area of the Land/Plot (in Acre): ……………......................

5. Total Area of the affected Land/Plot (in Acre): ……………......................

6. Total Land Holding of the Affected Person (in Acre)

1. Irrigated: …………………............... 2. Non-irrigated: ………………….................

3. Other: ………………………...…….. 4. Total: .......................................................

7. Status of Ownership

1. Titleholder 2. Customary Right 3. License from Local Authority

4. Encroacher 5. Squatter 6. Other (specify): …………………………………

8. Type of Private Ownership

1. Individual/Single 2. Joint/Shareholders 3. Other (specify): …………

9. Name of the Owner/Occupier (s): ………………………..................................................

10. Father‟s Name: ..........................................................................................................

11. Rate of the Land (Per Acre)

1. Market Rate: ..................................... 2. Revenue Rate: ...................................

12. Any of the following people associated with the Land

A. Agricultural Laborer 1. Yes 2. No

Name (i)………………………………………… (ii) …………..……………………………..

B. Tenant/Lessee 1. Yes 2. No

Name (i)………………………………………… (ii) …………..……………………………..

C. Sharecropper 1. Yes 2. No

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Name (i)………………………………………… (ii) …………..……………………………..

13. Any structure in the Affected Land 1. Yes........ 2. No..........

14. Distance of the main structure from center line of the road (in mtr.)……………..………

15. Distance of boundary wall (if any) from center line of the road (in mtr.)……………….…

16. Area of the affected structure excluding boundary wall (in Square Meter)

a) Length ..................…... b) Width ..............…........ c) Height …….……………

17. Area of the boundary wall only (in Meter): a) Length ..................b) Height …….………

18. Area of the total structure excluding boundary wall (in Square Meter)

a) Length ..................…... b) Width ..............…........ c) Height …………………

19. Scale of Impact on structure

a) 25% b) 50% c) 75% d) 100%

20. Type of Construction of the Structure

1. Temporary (buildings with mud/brick/wood made walls, thatched/tin roof)

2. Semi-Permanent (buildings, with tiled roof and normal cement floor)

3. Permanent (with RCC, Single/ Double storey building)

21. Type of Construction of the Boundary Wall (use code from Question: 20)

22. Age of the Structure (in years): ………………………….

23. Market Value of the Structure (in Rs.): …………………............................

24. Use of the Structure (select appropriate code from below)

A. Residential Category

1. House 2. Hut 3. Other (specify)…………………………….………..

B. Commercial Category

4. Shops 5. Hotel 6. Small Eatery 7. Kiosk 8. Farm House

9. Petrol Pump 10. Clinic 11. STD Booth

12. Workshop 13. Vendors 14. Com. Complex

15. Industry 16. Other (specify)…………………………….……..

C. Mixed Category

18. Residential-cum-Commercial Structure

D. Community Type

19. Comm. Center 20. Club 21. Trust 22. Memorials

23 Other (specify)…………………………….……..

E. Religious Structure

24. Temple 25. Church 26. Mosque 27. Gurudwara 28. Shrines

29. Sacred Grove 30. Other (specify)…………………………….…….

F. Government Structure

31. Government Office 32. Hospital 33. School 34. College

35. Bus Stop 36. Other (specify)…………………………….…….

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G. Other Structure

37. Boundary Wall 38. Foundation 39. Cattle Shed

40. Other (specify)…………………………….…….

25. Type of Business/Profession by Head of Household: …………………………………

26. Status of the Structure

1. Legal Titleholder 2. Customary Right 3. License from Local Authority 4. Encroacher 5. Squatter

27. Any of the following people associated with the Structure?

A. Tenant in the structure 1. Yes 2. No

Name (i) ……………………………………. (ii) …………………..………………….…..

(iii) …………………………………… (iv) …………….…………………….……..

B. Employee/ wage earner in commercial structure 1. Yes 2. No

Name (i) ……………………………………. (ii) …………………..…………….………..

(iii) …………………………………… (iv) …………….………………….………..

C. Employee/ wage earner in residential structure 1. Yes 2. No

Name (i) ……………………………………. (ii) …………………..…………….………..

(iii) …………………………………… (iv) …………….…………………………..

28. Number of trees within the affected area

1. Fruit Bearing………….…2. Non-fruit Bearing…….………3. Total……..…………

29. Social Category of AP

1. SC 2. ST 3. OBC 4. General

5. Others (specify)…………………

30. Religious Category

1. Hindu 2. Muslim 3. Christian 4. Buddhist

5. Jain 6. Other (specify)………

31. Number of family members Male……… Female………. Total………….

32. Number of family members with following criteria

1. Unmarried Son > 30 years…………2. Unmarried Daughter/Sister > 30 years………..

3. Divorcee/Widow………….4. Physically/Mentally Challenged Person …………

5. Minor Orphan…………….

33. Vulnerability Status of the Household:

A. Is it a woman headed household? 1. Yes 2. No

B. Is it headed by physically/mentally challenged person? 1. Yes 2. No

C. Is it a household Below Poverty Line (BPL) 1. Yes 2. No

34. Annual income of the family Rs………………….

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35. If displaced, do you have additional land to shift? 1. Yes 2. No

36. Resettlement/ Relocation Option

1. Self Relocation 2. Project Assisted Relocation

37. Compensation Option for Land loser

1. Land for land loss 2. Cash for Land loss

38. Compensation Options for Structure loser

1. Structure for structure loss 2. Cash for Structure loss

39. Income Restoration Assistance (fill codes in preferred order)

1. Employment Opportunities in Construction work

2. Assistance/ Loan from other ongoing development scheme

3. Vocational Training

4. Others (specify ..................................................................................................... )

40. Details of Family Members: (fill appropriate code)

Sl. No

Name of the Family Member Age Sex Marital Status

Education Occupation

(in years)

1. Male 1. Married 1.Illiterate 1. Service

2. Female

2. Unmarried 2.Literate 2. Business

3. Widow 3. Up to middle 3. Agriculture

4.Widower 4. Below metric 4. Study

5. Others 5. Metric 5. Housewife

6. Graduate 6. Labour

7. Above 7. Unemployed

8. Professional

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

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(Signature of the Supervisor) Date: ........................ (Signature of the investigator)

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List of Displaced Persons

Sl. No.

Side Name of

the Village Name of

Block Name of District

Kilometer Name of the

Owner Use of Structure

1 Left Paunsari Simga Raipur 3.750 Mr Dilip Kumar Kiosk

2 Left Tilda Tilda Raipur 3.800 Harish Shade of Shop

3 Right Sasahauli Tilda Raipur 13.000 Dayaram Verma Small Eatery

4 Right Sasahauli Tilda Raipur 13.000 Sukhiram Dhuruv Kiosk

5 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.000 Mohandas Kiosk

6 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.150 Nirmal Nichlami Kiosk

7 Left Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.150 Ramesh Aggrawal frontage of Shop

8 Left Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.200 Anuj Kesharwani Kiosk

9 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.250 Sitaram Nishad Shop

10 Left Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.300 Dilip Sharma Shop

11 Left Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.300 Ganesh Verma Kiosk

12 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.300 Pradeep Agarwal Shade of Shop

13 Left Tulsi Tilda Raipur 17.550 Md Jabbar Shop

14 Left Tulsi Tilda Raipur 17.550 Manoj Yadav Small Eatery

15 Right Tulsi Tilda Raipur 17.600 Om Prakash Chauhan Small Eatery

16 Right Konari Tilda Raipur 21.150 Raju Verma Shop

17 Left Bartari Tilda Raipur 23.050 Beghal Sharma Kiosk

18 Left Chicholi Tilda Raipur 25.300 Panch Ram Mandle Shop

19 Right Kharora Tilda Raipur 36.850 Kamlesh Devangan Shop

20 Right Kharora Tilda Raipur 37.000 Naren Agarwal Shop

21 Right Kharora Tilda Raipur 37.000 Kamlesh Chandrakar Kiosk

22 Right Kharora Tilda Raipur 37.000 Salik Ram Kiosk

23 Left Ghevra Tilda Raipur 43.300 Shri Chand Sahu House

24 Left Ghevra Tilda Raipur 43.300 Phagu Ram House

25 Left Ghevra Tilda Raipur 43.400 Ram Sawroop Hut

26 Right Ghivra Tilda Raipur 43.550 Chaitu Ram House

27 Right Ghivra Tilda Raipur 43.650 Ramshourap Sahu Hut

28 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.550 Uday Ram Dhiwar Shade of Shop

29 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.550 Uday Ram Dhiwar Boundary Wall

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Sl. No.

Side Name of

the Village Name of




30 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Gowadhan Sen Shop

31 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Lakhan Yadav Shop

32 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Mohanlal Dhiwar Kiosk

33 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Premdash Banjarl Kiosk

34 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Hermonl Sahu Kiosk

35 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Mehwu Ranr Sahu Shade of Shop

36 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Ganesh Ram Pal Shade of Shop

37 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.650 Mohan Lal Shade of Shop

38 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.700 Shukhchand Sahu Kiosk

39 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.700 Purnima Bai Sahu Shade of Shop

40 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.700 Ashwani Kumar Shade of Shop

41 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Bhaku Gendre Small Eatery

42 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Tosan Sen Kiosk

43 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Kamlesh Ahuit Lahre Kiosk

44 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Mahendree Lal Sheehu Shade of Shop

45 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 47.200 Gulab Manikpari House

46 Left Bana Arang Raipur 49.200 Ramswaroop Sahu House

47 Left Bana Arang Raipur 49.950 Basant Nisad Kiosk

48 Right Bana Arang Raipur 50.500 Dheeram Hut

49 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.100 Khelawan Patel Shop

50 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.200 Meghu Ram Hut

51 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.200 Sagun Ram Shop

52 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Shukhuit Das Hut

53 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Nema Bai Dhruvwansi Hut

54 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Shan Tiwari Shop

55 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Lomash Dhunwasi Shop

56 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Kunilal Dhuri Small Eatery

57 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Itwari Sahu Kiosk

58 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Rajendra Sahu Kiosk

59 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Bhuwan Sahu Shade of Shop

60 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Mohan Sahu Shade of Shop

61 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Puroshtam Sahu Hut

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Side Name of

the Village Name of




62 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Chhanu Sahu Hut

63 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Hariram Sahu Hut

64 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Bharat Sen Kiosk

65 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Gajendre Sahu Kiosk

66 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.300 Kevrabai Sahu Shade of Shop

67 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.350 Budh1 Sahu House

68 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.350 Umrao Sahu Shop

69 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.350 Chetan Patel Shade of Shop

70 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.400 Naresh Patel Cattle Shed

71 Left Ranisagar Arang Raipur 56.900 Chean Yadav Small Eatery

72 Right Rani Sagar Arang Raipur 56.900 Dashrath Sahu Small Eatery

73 Left Ranisagar Arang Raipur 56.900 Chean Yadav Kiosk

74 Right Rani Sagar Arang Raipur 56.900 Prem P.Bai Kiosk

75 Left Gullu Arang Raipur 59.850 Khilwan Sahu Shop

76 Left Gullu Arang Raipur 59.850 Budhuu Diwan Kiosk

77 Right Amethi Arang Raipur 63.100 Lahri Ram Bande Shop

78 Right Arang Arang Raipur 66.600 Gujanedra Lodhi Storage

79 Left Arang Arang Raipur 67.000 Pawan Kumar Lodhi Shop

80 Right Arang Arang Raipur 67.000 Bheet Lal Shade of Shop

81 Left Arang Arang Raipur 67.800 Roop Chadhri Frontage of House

82 Left Arang Arang Raipur 67.800 Vogmohan Sahu Kiosk

83 Right Arang Arang Raipur 67.800 Bajrang Gupta Shade of Shop

84 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.100 Raj Kr. Kiosk

85 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.300 Koduram Pardhi House

86 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.350 Manik Bai Sahu Hut

87 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.350 Vishnu Prasad Hut

88 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.350 Laym Sahu Boundary Wall

89 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.350 Mohit Ram Nisad Boundary Wall

90 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.400 Bijhu Pal Hut

91 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.400 Kumudh Kumar Pandhi Hut

92 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.450 Prena Bai Hut

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93 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.450 Krit Pardhi Hut

94 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.500 Taran Singh Druv Hut

95 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.500 Sukhu Yadav Hut

96 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.500 Adinath Goswami Boundary Wall

97 Right Arang Arang Raipur 68.900 Satwantari Hut

98 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.900 Mahendra Verma Kiosk

99 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.900 Sudarshan Kiosk

100 Right Odka Arang Raipur 71.750 Ghajanand Khandelwal Hut

101 Right Odka Arang Raipur 71.750 Naresh Kumar Kiosk

102 Right Odka Arang Raipur 71.800 Sukhwantin Kr. Khandelwal Hut

103 Left Odka Arang Raipur 71.800 Santosh Markande Kiosk

104 Left Odka Arang Raipur 71.800 Ganesh Das Cattle Shed

105 Right Odka Arang Raipur 71.850 Bhuwan Bai Maukande Hut

106 Left Odka Arang Raipur 71.850 Rameshwar Markande Kiosk

107 Right Odka Arang Raipur 71.850 Gesh Ram Makonde Kiosk

108 Left Odka Arang Raipur 71.900 Krishna Ajad Shop

109 Right Odka Arang Raipur 72.750 Naresh Kumar Hut

110 Left Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.450 Coutam Sahu Shop

111 Right Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.500 Yashwant Sen Shop

112 Left Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.500 Santosh Kr Kiosk

113 Left Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.500 Lalit Yadav Kiosk

114 Left Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.500 Khilu Ram Sahu Kiosk

115 Right Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.500 Tihae Sahu Kiosk

116 Left Bhilai Arang Raipur 74.800 Krisan Awatar Sahu Hut

117 Right Charoda Arang Raipur 76.950 Khodu Ram Sahu Shop

118 Left Charoda Arang Raipur 76.950 Rohit Kumar Kiosk

119 Left Charoda Arang Raipur 76.950 Budhu Ram Kiosk

120 Right Tamasiwni Abhanpur Raipur 80.100 Parshuram Dandekar Shade of Shop

121 Right Tamasiwni Abhanpur Raipur 80.350 Tularam Chuturendoni Kiosk

122 Right Tamasiwni Abhanpur Raipur 80.400 Loknath Sahu Kiosk

123 Left Tamasiwni Abanpur Raipur 80.700 Ram Kumar Teacher Shop

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124 Left Tamasiwni Abanpur Raipur 80.700 Bhoram Sahu Kiosk

125 Right Tamasiwni Abhanpur Raipur 80.750 Dobanlal Taukh Shop

126 Left Tamasiwni Abanpur Raipur 80.750 Deepak Kumar Sahu Kiosk

127 Right Paragaon Abhanpur Raipur 95.000 Besi Ram Dewagan Shop

128 Right Taari Abhanpur Raipur 100.500 Senvar Sahu Shop

129 Right Moari Kalan Kurud Dhamtari 108.100 Niramon Sahu Shop

130 Right Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.050 Ram Dyal Shop

131 Right Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.450 Khorbahara Sahu House

132 Right Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.450 Yashwant Sahu Shade of Shop

133 Left Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.500 Manesh House

134 Left Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.500 Kanhaya Lal House

135 Left Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.550 Banshi Sahu House

136 Left Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.550 Bhagwat Pd Sharma House

137 Right Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.550 Jagender Pal Sharma House

138 Right Nari Kurud Dhamtari 110.550 Leetra Ram House

139 Left Mouri Khurd Kurud Dhamtari 115.100 Nand Kumar Shop

140 Left Mouri Khurd Kurud Dhamtari 115.300 Rajendra Sahu House

141 Left Mouri Khurd Kurud Dhamtari 115.300 Rajendra Sahu House

142 Left Mouri Khurd Kurud Dhamtari 115.350 Kanta Sahu House

143 Right Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.200 Jageshwar Lal Shade of Shop

144 Left Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.800 Kanshi Ram Nishad Shade of Shop

145 Right Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.900 Chand Rahas Kiosk

146 Left Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.900 Chamru Vishwakarma Shade of Shop

147 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.450 Leelaram Sahu House

148 Left Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.600 Kailash Sahu Cattle Shed

149 Left Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.650 Rohit Sahu House

150 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.650 Narion Sahu House+Shop

151 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.900 Sanjay Kr. Sahu Kiosk

152 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.900 Maniram Sahu Kiosk

153 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 118.050 Veer Singh Vishwakarma Hut

154 Left Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 118.050 Salik Chandrakar Shop

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155 Left Bharda Kurud Dhamtari 118.800 Itwari Ram House

156 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 118.800 Amrit Bai Cattle Shed

157 Left Bharda Kurud Dhamtari 118.850 Raju Sahu House

158 Right Bharda Kurud Dhamtari 118.900 Bhukhau Ram Shop

159 Right Bharda Kurud Dhamtari 119.150 Raj Kumar Drub House

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1 Left Paunsari Simga Raipur 3.750 Grampan Chaya Pounsari Sitting Place

2 Left Paunsari Simga Raipur 3.950 Temple

3 Left Paunsari Simga Raipur 4.050 Temple

4 Left Paunsari Simga Raipur 4.950 Bus Stop

5 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 13.900 Railway Deptt. Boundary Wall

6 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.250 Railway Deptt Boundary Wall

7 Right Tilda Tilda Raipur 14.800 Nagar Panchayat,Tilda Sitting Place

8 Left Tand Tilda Raipur 32.750 Temple

9 Right Tand(Kharora) Tilda Raipur 32.800 Nagar Panchayat, Kharora Pump House

10 Right Keshla Kharora Tilda Raipur 39.400 Temple

11 Left Ghevra Tilda Raipur 43.150 Gram Panchayt Ghivra Sitting Place

12 Right Ghivra Tilda Raipur 43.600 Gram Panchayat,Ghivra Sitting Place

13 Right Koshrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Temple

14 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.750 Gram Panchayat Kashrangi Public Toilet

15 Left Kosrangi Arang Raipur 46.900 Statue

16 Left Bana Arang Raipur 49.950 Gram Panchayat Bana Sitting Place

17 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.050 Temple

18 Right Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.250 Grampanchayat Banarsi Statue

19 Left Banarsi Arang Raipur 53.400 Temple

20 Left Arang Arang Raipur 64.500 Temple

21 Right Arang Arang Raipur 65.550 Temple Frontage

22 Right Arang Arang Raipur 66.950 Temple

23 Right Arang Arang Raipur 66.950 Temple Frontage

24 Left Arang Arang Raipur 68.350 Nagar Panchayat Arang Sitting Place






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30 Right Charoda Arang Raipur 76.650 Statue

31 Right Charoda Arang Raipur 76.650 Statue

32 Right Tamasiwni Abhanpur Raipur 80.400 Grampanchayat Tamaseoni Shade

33 Right Paragaon Abhanpur Raipur 96.050 Grampanchayat Paragaon Sitting Place

34 Right Paragaon Abhanpur Raipur 96.100 Temple

35 Left Paragaon Abanpur Raipur 96.300 Temple

36 Right Nayapara Abhanpur Raipur 99.050 Edueation Deptt.Nawanpara Boundary Wall

37 Right Katholi Kurud Dhamtari 104.300 Temple

38 Left Mouri Khurd Kurud Dhamtari 115.350 Temple

39 Right Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.750 Grampanchayat, Dahdaha Sitting Place

40 Right Dahdaha Kurud Dhamtari 116.750 Grampanchayat, Dahdaha Sitting Place

41 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.600 Temple

42 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 117.600 Grampanchayat,Kuhkuha Sitting Place

43 Right Kuhkuha Kurud Dhamtari 118.050 Temple

44 Left Bharda Kurud Dhamtari 118.800 Phed,Govt.Of C.G Water tank

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Public Consultation in Simga-Kurud Road

List of Participants Village: Kuhkuha Date of Consultation: 25-07-2012 Photograph

Name Profession Age Sex

Rohit Ram Sahu Farmer 62 Male

Lal Ji Sahu Farmer 36 Male

Khelan Patel Farmer 25 Male

Lalit Kumar Farmer 30 Male

Rohit Kumar Farmer 50 Male

Taith Ram Sahu Labour 52 Male

Tek Ram Sahu Farmer 53 Male

Satya Narayan Farmer 52 Male

Ram Lal Farmer 60 Male

Sakha Ram Farmer 64 Male

Ashok Chandeekar Farmer 41 Male

Balram Sahu Farmer 42 Male

Lekh Ram Sahu Business 38 Male

Hira Lal Farmer 34 Male

List of Participants Village: Nari Date of Consultation: 24-07-2012 Photograph


Lilla Ram Farmer 60 Male

Radhe Shayam Farmer 44 Male

Mahendru Pal Driver 23 Male

Raja Ram Farmer 42 Male

Mahendra Kumar Farmer 40 Male

Rupesh Kumar Farmer 24 Male

Santosh Kumar Mechanic 27 Male

Gopi Yadav Business 25 Male

Bhukhan Ram Farmer 55 Male

Arvind kumar Driver 39 Male

Alaudin Khan Business 50 Male

Manohar Yadav Farmer 45 Male

List of Participants Village: Paragaon Date of Consultation: 22-07-2012 Photograph


Panna lal Bharti Labour 65 Male

Bhukhan lal Farmer 65 Male

Ishawar kumar Labour 38 Male

Rameshver shanker Driver 30 Male

Surit Kumar Labour 40 Male

Hem Raj Labour 34 Male

Ghanshyam Farmer 17 Male

Vinod Farmer 40 Male

Jhumuk Sen Shopkeeper 30 Male

Ranjit Bharti Labour 20 Male

Om Prakash Labour 20 Male

Dhanraj Kumar Labour 32 Male

Deepak Kuamr Driver 28 Male

Deepak Bimte Labour 33 Male

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List of Participants Village: Paunsari Date of Consultation: 19-07-2012

Name Profession Age Sex Photograph Minu Kumar Farmer 41 Male

Bisharm Ratre Farmer 51 Male Deepak Gangre Student 18 Male Seetu Kumar Farmer 23 Male Jagdish Prasad Farmer 38 Male Jagat Ram Farmer 56 Male Chandu Kr Garai Farmer 47 Male Raju Farmer 47 Male Madai Prasad Sarpanch 43 Male Sant Kumar Farmer 23 Male Ram Chand Farmer 30 Male Tubran Devagon Farmer 54 Male Jasvant Farmer 33 Male Deepak Dahre Farmer 21 Male Him lal Farmer 28 Male Jitendra Student 18 Male Sargu Prasad Farmer 60 Male Sanat Kumar Sahu Driver 26 Male Baijabhu Labour 50 Male Ful Chand Labour 52 Male

List of Participants Village: Tulsi Date of Consultation:19-07-2012 Photograph Name Profession Age Sex

Vishal Verma Farmer 72 Male Bharat Das Farmer 55 Male Ram Kumar Dhewar

Farmer 57 Male

Ram Dhari Dhewar Labour 56 Male Ram Dayal Driver 35 Male Abhishek Verma Labour 21 Male Anil Verma Student 19 Male Santu Labour 25 Male Sohan lal Student 20 Male Puran lal Verma Student 19 Male Balram Verma Farmer 31 Male Ram Nath Yadav Labour 20 Male Kunj Lal Labour 40 Male Laxman Verma Labour 42 Male Bishau Farmer 50 Male Manohar Verma Service 40 Male Lokhaath Verma Service 50 Male

List of Participants Village: Chicholi Date of Consultation: 19-07-2012 Photograph


Pritam Lal Farmer 40 Male

Jageshver Singh Farmer 37 Male

Sakha Ram Labour 57 Male

Girdhar Singh Farmer 35 Male

Nandu Labour 22 Male

Jawahar Farmer 58 Male

Ramesh Dhewer Farmer 35 Male

Balram Farmer 45 Male

Aman Weldaar 27 Male

Gopal Student 18 Male

Tikendra Student 19 Male

Milap Bandhe Labour 21 Male

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List of Participants Village: Ghevra Date of Consultation: 20-07-2012 Photograph


Heman Lal Sahu Farmer 32 Male

Phagu Ram Labour 32 Male

Shiv Kumar Farmer 36 Male

Kanji Ram Farmer 56 Male

Kashi Chand Farmer 80 Male


Ghasu Ram Labour 50 Male

Shayamvati House Wife 40 Female

Korbahrin House Wife 45 Female

Muniya House Wife 54 Female

Punam House Wife 23 Female

Lilla Sahu House Wife 26 Female

List of Participants Village: Kashrangi Date of Consultation: 21-07-2012 Photograph


Gukul Sahu Farmer 48 Male

Hemant Sahu Farmer 28 Male

Mohan Lal Sahu Farmer 43 Male

Mukesh Sahu Labour 24 Male

Uttam Kumar Mistri Farmer 34 Male

Teek Ram Sahu Farmer 36 Male

Gajadhar Pr. Sahu Labour 21 Male

Bipad Bhagan Farmer 20 Male

Ashok Yadav Farmer 45 Male

Jogendra Das Farmer 59 Male

Chaman Lal Sahu Farmer 40 Male

Hiraman Sahu Paiskaar 27 Male

Ramesh Sahu Farmer 30 Male

Bishahu Sahu Farmer 30 Male

Jitendar Driver 25 Male

Ganesh Rampal Farmer 68 Male

List of Participants Village: Odka Date of Consultation:21-07-2012 Photograph Name Profession Age Sex

Gaja Nand Labour 60 Male

Moti Lal Student 17 Male

Roman Student 23 Male

Hari Lal Student 18 Male

Doman Lal Student 17 Male

Tara Chand Student 18 Male

Kanak Kumar Farmer 40 Male

Dinesh Kumar Student 18 Male

Dhamendra Labour 21 Male

Kushel Mukhadra Labour 19 Male

Veerkant Kumar Farmer 20 Male

Dev Chand Driver 30 Male

Dhani Ram Farmer 50 Male

Roop Chand Business 43 Male

Chabi Ram Farmer 55 Male

Lakhan Farmer 30 Male

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List of Participants Village: Tamaseeni Date of Consultation:22-07-2012 Photograph Name Profession Age Sex

Santosh Sahu Farmer 32 Male

Bhola Chand Panday Business 23 Male

Piyush Kumar Farmer 33 Male

Pasvan Lal Sahu Farmer 30 Male

Bhola Nath Tekh Service 47 Male

Gaytri Dhandevkar Labour 20 Male

Ram Dular Labour 50 Male

Bhuneshver Farmer 38 Male


Takeshver Farmer 36 Male

Rakesh Sahu Farmer 42 Male

Chetan Farmer 38 Male

Churumukh Ram Tesildar 31 Male

Hera Lal Farmer 32 Male

Dina Nath Sahu Farmer 42 Male

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Terms of References (TOR) for the NGO to Implement the Resettlement Plan (RP) Simga to Kurud Subproject under Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project

1. Project Background 1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed with national and state government of Chhattisgarh to fund the Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project (CSRSP) which will include upgradation and strengthening of various roads in the state. Simga – Kurud Road subproject is one among several other subprojects under the CSRSP. 2. Simga to Kurud project road (refer Figure: 1) starts from Simga Jai Asthamav Chowk, junction of NH-200 with the project road and ends at Kurud on Kurud - Magarload Road. The project road overlaps for about 1.6 km of length with Simga-Balodabazaar road between km 0+000 to km 1+600 km length and approx. 1.45 km with Raipur – Balodabazar section of SH-9. The road runs with increasing chainage from Simga till Kharora, and after the overlapping section with SH-9, the chainage again starts from km 0 and increases till km 30+000 at an intersection with the NH-6 in Arang.From this junction the project road overlaps with NH-6 for about 0.23 km of length from km 68+640 to km 68+670. The chainage from hereon decreases till Nayapara. The kilometre stones from Nayapara to the Dulan junction (5 Kms) are not present and then decreases from this junction till Kurud road. The total length of the project section is 121.74 km. However, the actual construction length of the project road is 109.985 km (excluding the Out of Scope sections). 3. All possible steps have been taken to minimize land acquisition and demolition of structures so as to reduce adverse impacts on people settled along the road. Based on the State Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) Policy, GOI norms and ADB R&R policies, CGPWD has prepared Resettlement Plans (RP) to deal with involuntary resettlement involve in the entire Project. All RPs have been prepared based on census and baseline socio-economic surveys conducted in the fields. 4. To assist in the implementation of the RP for Simga to Kurud project road, CGPWD now invites the services of eligible NGO. 2. Objectives of the Assignment 5. The NGO shall be responsible for the following, according to the Resettlement Plan:

Educating the DPs on their rights to entitlements and obligations.

To ensure that the DPs are given the full entitlements due to them, according to the entitlements in the RP.

To provide support and information to DPs for income restoration.

Assist the DPs in relocation and rehabilitation, including counseling, and coordination with local authorities.

Assist the DPs in redressing their grievances (through the grievance redress committee set up by the subproject)

Impart information to all the DPs about the functional aspects of the various set up by the project, and assist them in benefiting from such institutional mechanisms.

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To assist the ADB-Project Implementation Unit and Project Implementation Unit (PIU) with social responsibilities of the subproject, such as compliance with labour laws, prohibition of child labour, and gender issues.

To conduct awareness program for HIV/AIDs, Human Trafficking.

To collect data and submit progress reports on a monthly and quarterly basis for CGPWD to monitor the progress of RP implementation.

3. Scope of Work 6. The NGO shall play the role of a secondary stakeholder in implementation of the RP and in mitigating adverse effects of the project. The NGO shall be responsible for the development of a comprehensive livelihood restoration system to facilitate the DPs to take advantage of the options available (as per the RP). 3.1 Administrative Responsibilities of the NGO 7. The administrative responsibilities of the NGO will include:

Working in co-ordination with the Project Resettlement Officer (RO) in the PIU and Resettlement Officer in the PIU;

Assist the RO in carrying out the implementation of the RP;

To co-ordinate with the GRCs in implementing the RP;

Assist the RO in conducting all public meetings, information campaigns at the commencement of the project and give full information to the affected community;

Translate the summary RP in local language to implement actions for mitigating adverse impacts on the DPs;

To assist the PIU/Engineers (Construction Supervision Consultants) to ensure that the Contracts comply with the applicable labour laws (including prohibition of child labour) and gender issues;

To assist the PIU and /or the Engineers in ensuring compliance with the safety, health and hygiene norms, and the conduct HIV/AIDS and Human Trafficking awareness/prevention campaigns.

Report to the RO on a monthly and quarterly basis. The report should include physical and financial progress, both in quantitative and qualitative terms. The report should prominently feature the problems and issues addressed and tackled with the DPs and the solutions found. The report should have a separate chapter on women's issues, their problems and what has been done (within the framework of the RP) to ensure their participation in decision-making as well as the options made available to them to access economic opportunities, marketing and credit. The report should clearly indicate the number of field visits made by the NGO staff and the outcome of consultations with people.

Data base management of the DPs.

The displaced persons will be assisted in the Income Generation Scheme training through the NGO i.e. the provision made for training will be best utilised through the active support and involvement of the NGO.

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3.2 Responsibilities for Implementation of the RP 3.2.1 Identification DPs and Verification of Database from RP

NGO shall verify the information already contained in the RP and the individual losses of the DPs. They should validate the data provided in the RP and make suitable changes if required. The NGO shall establish rapport with DPs, consult and provide information to them about the respective entitlements as proposed under the RP, and distribute entitlement cum Identity Cards to the eligible DPs. The identity card should include a photograph of the DP, the extent of loss suffered due to the project, and the choice of the DP with regard to the mode of compensation and assistance.

The NGO shall develop rapport between the DPs and the Project Authority, particularly the RO. This will be achieved through regular meetings with both the RO and the DPs. Meetings with the RO will be held at least fortnightly, and meetings with the DPs will be held monthly, during the entire duration of the assignment. All meetings and decisions taken shall be documented by the NGO.

Prepare monthly action plans with targets in consultation with the RO.

The NGO shall prepare a list of the project-displaced persons/families for relocation, enlisting the losses and the entitlements, after verification. It shall also prepare a list of the displaced persons (DPs) enlisting the losses and the entitlement as per the RP, after verification. Verification shall include actual measurement of the extent of total property loss/damage, and valuation of the loss/damage/affect along with the RO. The NGO shall display the list of eligible DPs in prominent public places like villages, Panchayat Offices, Block/Tehsil headquarters, and the District Headquarters.

During the identification and verification of the eligible DPs, the NGO shall ensure that each of the DPs are contacted and consulted either in groups or individually. The NGO shall specially ensure consultation with women from the DP families especially women headed households.

Participatory methods should be adopted in assessing the needs of the DPs, especially with regard to the vulnerable groups of DPs. The methods of contact may include village level meetings, gender participation through group‟s interactions, and Individual meetings and interactions.

While finalizing the entitled persons (EPs) for compensation/assistance the NGO shall make a list of entitled DPs, and distribute Identity Cards to each and every verified eligible DP.

3.2.2 Counselling the Entitled Persons 8. The counseling shall include the following activities:

The NGO shall explain to the DPs the provisions of the policy and the entitlements under the RP. This shall include communication to the roadside squatters and encroachers about the need for their eviction, the timeframe for their removal and their entitlements.

The NGO shall disseminate information to the DPs on the possible consequences of the project on the communities' livelihood systems and the options available, so that they do not remain ignorant.

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The NGO shall prepare micro-level plans for income restoration, in consultation with the DPs. Women's perceptions are important to be incorporated in the development of these plans.

NGO will monitor the involvement of child labour in the civil construction work in each package.

9. In all of these, the NGO shall consider women as a special focus group, and deal with them with care and sympathy. 3.2.3 Disbursing the Assistance

Prepare micro plans indicating category of entitlement.

Prepare micro plans for livelihood indicating alternative livelihood options, land identification, skills up grading and institutions responsible for training for eligible DPs.

The NGO shall assist the project authorities in ensuring a smooth transition (during the part or full relocation of the DPs), helping the DPs to take salvaged materials and shift. In close consultation with the DPs, the NGO shall inform the RO about the shifting dates agreed with the DPs in writing and the arrangements desired by the DPs with respect to their entitlements.

The NGO shall assist the DPs in opening bank accounts explaining the implications, the rules and the obligations of a joint account and how s/he can access the resources s/he is entitled to.

The NGO shall ensure proper utilisation of the R&R budget available for each of the packages. The NGO shall ensure that the DPs have found economic investment options and are able to restore the losses of land and other productive assets. The NGO shall identify means and advise the RO to disburse the entitlements to the eligible persons/families in a manner that is transparent, and shall report to the CGPWD on the level of transparency achieved in the project.

3.2.4 Accompanying and Representing the EPs at the Grievance Committee Meetings

The NGO shall nominate a suitable person (from the staff of the NGO) to be a member of the GRCs for the respective contract packages.

The NGO shall make the DPs aware of the grievance redress committees (GRCs)

The NGO shall train the DPs on the procedure to file a grievance application and to confirm that a statement of claim from the concerned DP accompanies each grievance application. The NGO shall help the DPs in filling the grievance application and also in clearing their doubts about the procedure as well as the context of the GRC award.

The NGO shall record the grievance and bring it to the notice of the GRCs within seven days of receipt of the grievance from the DPs. It shall submit a draft resolution with respect to the particular grievance of the AP, suggesting multiple solutions, if possible, and deliberate on the same in the GRC meeting through the NGO representative in the GRC.

To accompany the DPs to the GRC meeting on the decided date, help the DP to express his/her grievance in a formal manner if requested by the GRC and again

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inform the DPs of the decisions taken by the GRC within 3 days of receiving a decision from the GRC. (The time frame for the GRC to take a decision is 15 days).

3.2.5 Assisting the EPs and the RO to Identity and Negotiate for New Land for Resettlement 10. As part of the RP, it is proposed that a sizable number among the eligible DPs will receive alternative land (commercial) building structures. Some of the more vulnerable among the DPs will be eligible to receive these free of cost. Regarding these the NGO shall,

Obtain the DPs choice in terms of Land identification, Site for relocation, Shifting plan and arrangements, Grant utilization plan and Community asset building plan and institutional arrangements in maintaining the assets.

Assist squatters whose structures needs to be shifted to the remaining government land for continuation of earning their livelihood before construction of road starts.

Assist the DPs/ RO in identifying suitable land for relocation and for agriculture, ensuring the replacement of the land lost in terms of quality and quantity.

Identify suitable government land in consultation with the Revenue Department officials and assist in negotiating its transfer to the DPs/ RO at reasonable prices and motivate them to appreciate and welcome the new neighbours.

3.2.6 Assisting Eligible DPs to take advantage of the existing Government Housing and

Employment Schemes 11. With regard to the above, the NGO shall,

Co-ordinate (and impart wherever required) the training and capacity building of the DPs, for upgrading their skills for income restoration. This will include the training to be given by the NGO to women self-help-group members in accounting, record maintenance, skill acquisition in the chosen enterprise, and marketing, etc.

Help the DPs in realizing and optimising the indigenous technology knowledge (ITK) through use of local resources.

Define, evolve, and explore alternative methods of livelihood using the local skill and resources.

Contact financial institutions like NABARD, DIC, and the Lead Bank of the area in accessing the credit required by the individual as well as groups of DPs and the women's groups from the DPs. The NGO shall maintain a detailed record of such facilitation, and plan for each DP to repay the loan.

Establish linkages with the district administration to ensure that the DPs are benefited from the schemes available and those they are entitled to. The focus for this component of the NGO work shall be the vulnerable DPs for their income restoration. The NGO shall maintain a detailed record of such facilitation.

3.2.7 Inter-Agency Linkages for Income Restoration and other R&R Services

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12. The NGO shall be responsible for establishing linkages with,

Financial institutions to assist the DPs to access credit.

Government departments, district administration, etc., to ensure that the DPs are included in the development schemes, as applicable;

Training institutes to impart skills and management training for enterprise creation and development.

NGO shall conduct training programmes for income restoration for DPs.

NGO should prepare an income restoration plan. 3.2.8 Carry out Public Consultation 13. In addition to counseling and providing information to dps, the ngo will carry out periodic consultation with dps and other stakeholders in terms of public meetings, workshops etc. This continuous process of consultation will help in flag out the relevant issues related to the project implementation and provide solutions to the manifold issues arised during the project execution and rp implementation. 3.2.9 Assisting the Supervision Consultant With the Project’s Social Responsibilities 14. The NGO shall assist the Engineers (Supervision Consultants) to ensure that the Contractors are abiding by the various provisions of the applicable laws, concerning the worker's safety, health and hygiene; women's issues and the child labour issues. The applicable laws include (A) the maternity benefit Act, 1951; (B) the contract labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1948; (C) the Minimum Wagers act, 1948. (D) The Equal Remuneration Act, 1979. (E) the industrial Employment (Standing Order) Act, 1946; (F) the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation ) Act, 1986; (G) the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act 1996; (H) the cess Act of 1996 and (I) the Factories Act, 1948. any divergence from the (workers welfare and remuneration, safety, health, hygiene, women's issues, and child labour issues) provisions of these laws should be brought to the notice of the supervision consultant and the RO. 15. According to these laws, there are specifications regarding the facilities/requirements at the construction camp/site, including basic health care facilities, Mother and Child Welfare units and facilities for vaccinations, day crèche facilities, etc. The NGO shall work in co-ordination of the Lady Inspector of Works or the Resident engineers of the Contractor, or any other representative of the Contractors, to ensure these facilities are provided in a satisfactory manner, and all social responsibilities of the Contract is implemented satisfactorily. 3.2.10 Assisting the ADB-PIU/Supervision Consultant in HIV/AIDS Awareness/Prevention Campaigns 16. Information campaigns/advertisements in collaboration with line agencies (such as NACO, DFID, etc), including provision of signage/hoardings at suitable locations, distribution of vehicle stickers, and provision of condom vending machines at suitable locations (rest areas, truck parking lay-byes, etc.). The NGO shall assist the ADB-PIU to implement these measures, including collaboration with the line agencies. 17. The contractors are required to provide condom vending machines at the construction camps, provide for medical facilities and regular medical checkups especially for

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detecting/curing STD/AIDS. The NGO shall ensure, in collaboration with the Engineer that such facilities and medical checkups are provided to the workers at the construction camps. 3.2.11 Monitoring and Reporting 18. The RP includes provision for monitoring by NGO/ RO and quarterly, mid-term, and post-project monitoring and reporting by external agency. The NGO involved in the implementation of the RP will be required to supply all information, documents to the external monitoring consultants. To this end, the NGO shall keep proper documentation of their work and the R&R process involved in the project, and shall be responsible for the upkeep and updating of such documents periodically and regularly. The documentation shall include photographs and videotapes of the pre-intervention and post-intervention scenario of all the properties, structures, and assets affected by the project. 3.2.12 Recommending Improvement of R&R Services

Extend all services recommended by any additional studies to be undertaken by the project, in respect to the R&R services to be provided as part of the project.

Recommend and suggest techniques and methods for improvement of services extended by the concerned government departments and other agencies and committees in disbursement/extension of R&R services in the project.

Document implementation of the R&R process and services, including difficulties faced and corresponding solutions.

Discuss, with the ADB-PIU/PIU on contingency management and other improvement of R&R services, within the project period.

Documenting of tasks carried out by the NGO and evaluation of the achievements of RP.

3.3 Documentation and Reporting by NGO

19. The NGO selected for the assignments shall be responsible to:

Submit an inception report within three weeks; on signing up of the contract including a work plan for the whole contract period, staffing and personnel deployment plan, and a withdrawal plan at the end of the period of contract. The withdrawal plan shall be detailed and reflect how the DPs will maintain the assets created and transferred to the DPs.

Prepare monthly progress reports to be submitted to the RO, with weekly progress and work charts as against the scheduled timeframe of RP implementation.

Prepare and submit quarterly reports on a regular basis, to be submitted to the RO.

Submit a completion report at the end of the contract period summarizing the actions taken during the project, the methods and personnel used to carry out the assignment, and a summary of support/assistance given to the DPs.

All other reports/documentation as described in these terms of reference.

Record minutes of all meetings.

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20. All progress reports shall include data on input and output indicators as required by the RO. Reporting in writing as well as photographs, videotapes etc., taken during the assignment shall be submitted in support of the reports, along with an electronic copy of the documents in a floppy or a CD. All reports should be in English only. Accounts reports both on expenditure on administration as well as training and other heads shall be submitted with the quarterly and the completion reports. 21. In addition to these above, the NGO shall prepare and submit separate descriptive reports on participatory micro-plans with full details of the Participatory Rapid Appraisal exercises conducted. 22. The NGO shall document in full detail, the consultation/counseling processes, the process of identification of the resettlement sites, and a full description of the training imparted (on facilitated) as part of the assignment. This documentation shall be submitted to the CGPWD as annual reports.

3.4 Condition of Services 23. The NGO shall ensure that the RP is implemented in an effective and proper manner. The prime responsibility of the NGO shall be to ensure that each and every eligible DP receives appropriate and due entitlement (within the Entitlement Framework) and that, at the end of the project R&R services, the eligible DPs have improved (or at least restored) their previous standard of living. Additionally the NGO shall help the PIU in all other matters deemed to be required to implement the RP in its spirit and entirely including activities involving some financial implications. 24. All documents created, generated or collected during the period of contract, in carrying out the services under this assignment will be the property of the PIU. No information gathered or generated during and in carrying out this assignment shall be disclosed by the NGO without explicit permission of the PIU. 3.5 Timeframe for Services 25. The NGO will be contracted for a period of 12 months from the date of commencement, with a withdrawal methodology built in to the proposals from the NGO. 3.6 Data, Services and Facilities to be provided by the Client 26. The PIU will provide to the NGO the copies of the SIA report/ DPs' Census, the RP, the strip plan final design report and any other relevant reports/data prepared by the project preparation consultants. The PIU will assist the NGO in collaborating with the Supervision Consultants. All facilities required in the performance of the assignment, including office space, office stationery, transportation and accommodation for staff of the NGO, etc., shall be arranged by the NGO. 3.7 Payment Schedule:

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27. The following payment milestone is proposed for making the payment to the NGO. The payment will be made subject to the submission of a certificate from the PIU/RO that the targets have been achieved in a satisfactory manner.

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Payment Milestone Payment (% of contract Value)

On submission of the inception Report complete in all respects 20%

1. On completion of the identification, verification of DPs and initial consultation sessions, and submission of updated data on DPs (Identification and Verification report) and review of the same by the PIU.

20%

2. On submission and approval of the Micro Plan of DPs 20%

3. On completion of the rehabilitation process and implementation of I.R. Plan

20%

4. On submission of the Final Completion Report

20%

Total 100%

28. The above remuneration includes all costs related to carrying out the services, including overhead. The service tax or any other tax component shall be reimbursed/ paid to NGO on production of documents. The insurance cost will be separate of the total project cost; the client shall be billed for this.

3.8 Team for the Assignment 29. The NGO shall assign a team of professionals to the site. The constitution of the team and the qualification for the team members is given below:

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Position No. Of Positions

Qualifications

1. Team Leader 1 The Team Leader should be a post-graduate in sociology/social work/r, and should have experience of working in civil engineering projects. S/he should have more than 10 years experience in implementation of R&R and rural development works. S/he should have held responsible positions in previous assignments possess participatory management skills and should have good knowledge of the region and the local languages.

2. Key Professionals (A)

1 Should be at least a graduate in social science. S/he should have at least 5 years experience in fieldwork. S/he should have participated in at least one project involving R&R activities, should have participatory knowledge of land measurement, and should be conversant with land valuation methods. Knowledge of local language is a necessary qualification. S/he should have experience in livelihood analysis, developing and implementing vocational training,

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experience in participatory management.

3. Key Professionals (B)

2 Should be at least a graduate in social sciences. S/he should have about 5 years of working experience of which about 2 years in R&R or rural development projects. Should have sound understanding of the land acquisition process and experience in participatory management. S/he should have experience in livelihood analysis, developing and implementing vocational training, experience in participatory management. Knowledge of local language is a necessary qualification.

4. Technical support professionals

Adequate as per the

NGO

Should be graduate or equivalent in social sciences with field work experiences. Knowledge of local language and experience of working in the region desired.

5. Other support Personnel

Adequate as per the

NGO

No minimum qualification

30. Additionally the following conditions shall apply to the team proposed by the NGO.

The proposal should accompany a personnel deployment schedule, clearly indicating whether the deployment is home-office based or in the field.

The NGO must propose at least one woman as part of the key personnel. The person-month deployment of the woman key personnel shall constitute at least 33 % of the person-month deployment of all key professionals (including the team leader) in the assignment. At least two proposed woman key person shall be available to work at site for at least 50% of the duration.

The women key persons, if selected for the contract, may be replaced during the period of contract, only with women key persons of equivalent qualifications and experience.

31. The NGO will assign a 'technical support' team to work at the site, which will consist of at least 33 % of women members. Junior support personnel and/or administrative staff will not be considered as 'technical support' professionals, as far as this condition is concerned.

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TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR AN EXTERNAL MONITORING AGENCY/EXPERT A. Project Description 1. The Project namely Chhattisgarh State Road Sector Project includes identified roads subprojects for upgradation and rehabilitation, to achieve effectively the objective of improving connectivity of state road network. The subproject includes a provision for monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the subproject resettlement plan by an external monitor. Therefore, the PWD, which is the Executing Agency (EA) for this project, requires services of a reputed individual/consultancy firm for monitoring and evaluation of RP implementation. B. Scope of work - Generic

To review and verify the progress in resettlement implementation as outlined in the RP;

To monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of PIU, and NGO in RP implementation.

To assess whether resettlement objectives, particularly livelihoods and living standards of the Affected Persons (APs) have been restored or enhanced;

To assess the efforts of PIU & NGO in implementation of the „Community Participation strategy‟ with particular attention on participation of vulnerable groups namely (a) those who are below the poverty line (BPL); (b) those who belong to scheduled castes (SC), scheduled tribes (ST); (c) female-headed households (FHH); (d) elderly and (e) disabled persons.

To assess resettlement efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability, drawing both on policies and practices and to suggest any corrective measures, if necessary.

To review the project impacts on Indigenous People and groups and assess the effectiveness of the mitigative actions taken;

C. Scope of work- Specific 2. The major tasks expected from the external monitor are:

To develop specific monitoring indicators for undertaking monitoring for Resettlement and Community Participation Strategy;

Review results of internal monitoring and verify claims through random checking at the field level to assess whether land acquisition/resettlement objectives have been generally met.

Involve the affected people and community groups in assessing the impact of land acquisition for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of the land acquisition/resettlement objectives and approaches, implementation strategies.

To review and verify the progress in land acquisition/resettlement implementation of the subproject on a sample basis and prepare quarterly reports for the EA and ADB.

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Evaluate and assess the adequacy of compensation given to the APs and the livelihood opportunities and incomes as well as the quality of life of APs of project-induced changes.

To evaluate and assess the adequacy and effectiveness of the consultative process with affected APs, particularly those vulnerable, including the adequacy and effectiveness of grievance procedures and legal redress available to the affected people, and dissemination of information about these.

D. Time Frame and Reporting 3. The independent monitoring agency/expert will be responsible for overall monitoring of the Executing Agency (EA) and will submit quarterly review directly to ADB and determine whether resettlement goals have been achieved, more importantly whether livelihoods and living standards have been restored/ enhanced and suggest suitable recommendations for improvement. E. Qualifications 4. The monitoring agency/expert will have significant experience in resettlement policy analysis and RP implementation. Further, work experience and familiarity with all aspects of resettlement operations would be desirable. Candidates with degrees in anthropology, sociology, human geography, and development studies will be preferred. Interested agencies/consultants should submit proposal for the work with a brief statement of the approach, methodology, and relevant information concerning previous experience on monitoring of resettlement implementation and preparation of reports. 5. The profile of agency along with full CV of monitors to be engaged must be submitted along with the proposal. The agency must be an established organization registered with the Government of India. F. Budget and Logistics 6. Copies of the proposal - both technical and financial - should be submitted and the budget should include all cost and any other logistics details necessary for resettlement monitoring. Additional expense claims whatsoever outside the budget will not be entertained.

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